Explore Escape Routes from Corporate America

Was your climb to management worth the effort? Many managers work 'round the clock to survive layoffs. Yet they may not be invested in their work, rarely feel any sense of achievement, and spend much time on reports and busywork. Pamela Skillings points to stress at the boiling point.

Not surprisingly, managers' stress levels cause mental problems that few people realize ... Have you seen it happen? "Acute stress can have devastating effects on the brain," according to Yale researchers, since "uncontrollable stress is a major contributing factor for major depression and post-traumatic stress disorders linked to cellular changes in the hippocampus." Not only that, stress affects peoples' ability to think clearly.

So what might folks do to turn that around?

Skillings suggests, "you need either a new job or a lobotomy... There's no reason to keep torturing yourself." To motivate leaders to follow their creative dreams, Pam Skillings wrote Escape from Corporate America. She sparks new strategies for "downtrodden office workers to break out of cubicles and create careers out of their dreams." It's as simple as identifying a unique call and then developing plans for a new career

Exploring Escape Routes, Part II of the book, provides tips many folks may not take into account. For example, a few corporations develop entrepreneurial cultures which stimulate innovation and draw from employee brainpower. A guide's provided to help leaders recognize corporations that "do not suck."

Skilling asks, why not "take a break?" She shows how a break opens space you need before you "take a leap" or decide on other options.

Care to take stock of your stress level? Want to sort out how you can find a satisfying job of your dreams? Yes, even in this economic slowdown. Then check out Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams. This book's an exceptional guide to stir your creative juices to your first steps on a new path. In doing so, you'll rejuvenate your brain as you flee from stress and the harmful brain chemicals it stirs...

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