Carve Your Own Road: Do What You Love and Live the Life You Envision »

There is an epidemic facing our world today. People everywhere, even those who are successful by most standards, are utterly disconnected from what they really want out of life. We've abandoned our true passions and dreams in exchange for a daily grind that offers no fulfillment. Some estimates say that fully 80 percent of people don't enjoy their work and wish they could exert more control over their lives.

Carve Your Own Road offers a powerful process for reconnecting to your dreams and expanding your opportunities. You will receive firsthand insight from people who have successfully made the leap to careers that invigorate and inspire.

You'll learn how to:

• Reconnect deeply with yourself to discover what you really want out of your career.
• Breathe new life into your days and take action that is in alignment with your vision.
• Expand your thinking about possibility, finances, success, and fulfillment.
• Apply the latest advancements in brain research and sports psychology to achieve your goals.
• Minimize risk and reduce stress while making a major change in your life.
• Let go and let your career vision evolve while opening yourself up to new possibilities.

Carve Your Own Road also offers stories of dozens of inspiring entrepreneurs and individuals who have done something intimidating to most of us-quit their jobs to pursue a whole new path, one filled with uncertainty and fear...and passion and excitement.

Before founding CarveYourOwnRoad, Jennifer Remling was a corporate recruiting executive for many of the world's largest corporations. A frequent speaker on the topic of professional development,Remling has been featured in media outlets such as MSNBC.com and The New York Post.

Joe Remling has been working in architecture and design for more than 13 years, managing projects that range from residential design to large-scale assembly, including the Georgia Aquarium. He left his corporate architecture job in 2004 to start his own design firm with three other partners. He serves on the board of directors for the Museum of Design Atlanta and has been a guest lecturer at The Art Institute of Atlanta. Jennifer and her husband, Joe, live in Atlanta.

Introduction 9

Part I The Journey

Chapter 1 The American Dream: Has It Evolved? 15

Chapter 2 Detours and Dead-Ends 29

Chapter 3 The Marathon Drive for Success 41

Chapter 4 The Shiny Thing 47

Chapter 5 Biting off More Than We Could Chew: The East Coast Tour 61

Chapter 6 The Right Balance: More Fun and Less Work on the Midwest Tour 75

Chapter 7 The Stories: People Who Are Carving Their Own Roads 83

Chapter 8 Inside Out: A Grassroots Approach to Major Transformation 105

Chapter 9 Threads of Clarity 111

Part II The Mindset of Clarity Process

Chapter 10 The Mindset of Clarity: An Intro to the Path for Carving Your Own Road 121

Chapter 11 First Aspect: Achieving Clarity 127

Chapter 12 Second Aspect: Setting Big Goals 139

Chapter 13 Third Aspect: Immersion 147

Chapter 14 Fourth Aspect: Taking Inspired Action 159

Chapter 15 Fifth Aspect: Reflection 169

Chapter 16 Sixth Aspect: Evolution 175

Chapter 17 Seventh Aspect: Letting Go 181

Chapter 18 Building a Bridge 189

Index 199

About the Authors 205