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Work Matters: Insights & Strategies for Job Seekers in a Rapidly Changing Economy by Brent M. Jones  

Are you in need of a career change and you don’t know where to begin? Are you one of the thousands that have lost their job amidst the current crisis we are going through?

If you would like to change the path of your professional life, this book will guide you on how to get a job in the current global COVID crisis we are going through — no matter your age or life situation.

After working with over 500 people who had lost their jobs in the midst of a tough situation, author & career development coach Brent M. Jones gathered all the key knowledge on what worked for them and turned it into a practical book.

There are less than 10 chapters in Work Matters, which makes it a quick and insightful read — you’ll find only relevant advice included in this book. What you’ll learn:

??How to overcome job loss and find the motivation to find one that adapts to your needs, all in the midst of a crisis.

??How to assess your own set of skills and make the most out of them.

??How to make networking work for you.

??How to deal with the job search.

??How to ace the interviews.

??How to stay relevant in your industry.

“Author and career development coach Brent M. Jones has worked with over 500 people who have lost their jobs or had to find one under difficult circumstances. This book is a product of all the years working with them, where Jones makes a reflection on the current environment and what the implications are for those seeking work, while offering insights on how to achieve a successful outcome with proven, time-tested job-search strategies.”

About the author of Crystals For Kids, Brenda DeHaan:

Brenda DeHaan is the author of an eclectic mix of books for both children and adults, each written in a down-to-earth style with photographs to illustrate the information. Her books’ topics for adults include craft fairs, healing crystals, library genrefication, and indie authorship. The children’s books are about acceptance, diversity, plastic straw options, celebrations, and rocks and minerals.

This book of stories of patients with incurable lung cancer has 102 reviews on Amazon with an average rating of 4.5 stars.

ROADS TO MEANING AND RESILIENCE WITH CANCER: Forty Stories of Coping, Finding Meaning, and Building Resilience While Living with Incurable Lung Cancer by Morhaf Al Achkar

The book tells the stories of 39 patients with incurable lung cancer. It aims to help patients, families, and healthcare providers understand the experience of living with cancer. It also invites reflections on the essential questions of meaning, resilience, and coping with adversity in life. The author is a family doctor, teacher, and researcher who is also a stage IV lung cancer patient himself. He is patient number 40

Facing one’s mortality, patients with cancer develop an urgency to find meaning in life. They struggle with the illness, its emotional impact, and the consequences of treatments. However, with time, reflection, and support from others, they develop resilience. Cancer patients are not passive. Instead, they choose different strategies to maintain and restore their health. They also leverage a variety of approaches to cope better with their struggle.

The book is for cancer patients who are tarrying at the limits of time. It is also for those who live around those with cancer: caregivers, families and friends, and health care providers. People who struggle with other illnesses will also find aspects of their story reflected here. Also, the ones who have experienced a crisis of identity will discover elements of their story here as well. By sharing the experiences of the forty authentic individuals, the book opens the space for them to teach others.

This book is about the essence of the human experience at its limits. It is for every listener.

Patients with cancer often have an urgency to find meaning in life. They struggle with the illness, its emotional impact, and the consequences of treatments. However, with time, reflection, and support from others, they develop resilience. Cancer patients often are not passive. Instead, they choose different strategies to maintain and restore their health. They also leverage a variety of approaches to cope better with their struggle.

This book tells the stories of patients with incurable lung cancer.

It aims to help patients, families, and healthcare providers understand the experience of living with cancer. It also invites reflections on the essential questions of meaning, resilience, and coping with adversity in life. The author is a family doctor, teacher, and researcher who is also a stage IV lung cancer patient himself. He is patient number 40.

Facing one’s mortality, patients with cancer develop an urgency to find meaning in life. They struggle with the illness, its emotional impact, and the consequences of treatments. However, with time, reflection, and support from others, they develop resilience. Cancer patients often are not passive. Instead, they choose different strategies to maintain and restore their health. They also leverage a variety of approaches to cope better with their struggle.

The book is for cancer patients who are tarrying at the limits of time.

It is also for those who live around those with cancer: caregivers, families and friends, and health care providers. People who struggle with other illnesses will also find aspects of their story reflected here. Also, the ones who have experienced a crisis of identity will discover elements of their story here as well. By sharing the experiences of the forty authentic individuals, the book opens the space for them to teach others. This book is about the essence of the human experience at its limits. It is for every listener.