Hear me now and understand. He’s gonna buy me some piece of mind. And if that piece of mind won’t stay, I’m gonna find myself a better way. And if that better way ain’t so, I’ll ride with the tide and go with the flow. And that’s why I keep on shoutin’ in your ear. Say yeah, yeah, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, uh, oh.
Pre-Publication Praise for Changing Lanes: Road Maps to Midlife Renewal
Monday, December 17, 2007
Frank Baxter, Chairman Emeritus, Jeffries & Co. Changing Lanes is a GPS for life fulfillment, an effective antidote for midlife crises.
Bruce Willison: Former Dean and Professor of Management, Anderson School of Management, UCLA. The authors offer eight useful and thought provoking life roadmaps for the baby boomer generation to consider. And, actually, their collection of stories would be important reading for young careerists as they chart their own personal and professional futures.
Char Beales: CEO, Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing. Susan and Jane redefine retirement from a somewhat scary prospect to a second chapter I look forward to.
Cliff Einstein: Chairman, Museum of Contemporary Art of Los Angeles and Founding Partner, Dailey and Associates Advertising. Retirement is waiting to creep up and anesthetize you. Read this book and you won’t get caught napping.
Edie Weiner: President Weiner, Edrich, Brown, futurist and author of “Insider’s Guide to the Future.” There are countless books about changing careers and finding one’s passion, but none gives you goosebumps. Changing Lanes does because it reminds you that a closing door is merely an invitation to sample the wondrous vistas right outside the windows. Its optimism is contagious. You can pass on the left, or go slow on the right. Here’s to changing lanes!
Eugene O’Kelly (1952-2005): Former Chairman and CEO, KPMG LLP, and author of Chasing Daylight. Insightful and inspiring book on one of life’s most challenging transitions.
Bruce Karatz: former Chairman and CEO of KB Homes. It’s a fun read—imagining the authors sitting in the car having the most interesting conversations. I couldn’t wait to read the next story. There aren’t many who at mid-age haven’t thought about changing lanes.
Ann Carlsen: Founder and CEO, Carlsen Resources. The authors hit the nail on the head! I plan to circulate the book to everyone.
George Kieffer: Partner Manatt, Phelps and Tunney, and former Chairman of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. You don’t have to have had the ‘corner office’ to think about changing your life and career. Jelenko and Marshall take us on a wonderful, practical road trip full of inspiring stories of self-realization. I couldn’t put it down.
Jaynie Studenmund: Corporate Director and former-COO Overture Services. The authors pose a series of questions that only true escapees from the corner office understand well enough to ask.
Joseph Wender: Senior Managing Director, GSC Group. It makes the point that you must know yourself first and recognize that the time to change lanes is when the hassles outweigh the pleasures.
Lillian Frank: Founder, Frank Insights, A Personal Coaching Firm. Jane and Susan bravely share their personal journeys in a book that moves along at just the right pace.
Linnet Deily: Corporate Director and former U.S. Trade Ambassador to the WTO. A winner! Jane and Susan weave their different perspectives throughout the book—I could really hear their unique voices.
Marilyn Bowlds: Director, Emily Griffith Foundation. An optimistic and refreshingly realistic book about choices.
Paul Reilly: Chairman, Korn/Ferry International. Finally—a book that truly addresses the difficulty that every senior executive faces when it’s time to hang up the spurs. Changing Lanes is a must read. It will open your mind to possibilities that you have not dared to dream of. Reading this wonderful book may only reinforce that what you are doing is what you love. Or, it just may open up a whole new world that you have been waiting to explore. Either way, you will be a winner.
Rabbi John Rosove: This book is a wonderful guide. With inspiration through others, it will give readers the courage to make necessary changes.
Bernie Milano: KPMG Foundation. Wonderful book!!! The treatment of setting a topic then reinforcing with real life stories is terrific…I will close by thanking you for sending me your book. I look forward to the day I can purchase it as a gift for others, because it is in fact a gift.
