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WORKING IDENTITY --- UNCONVENTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR REINVENTING YOUR CAREER by Herminia Ibarra. Harvard Business School Press, 2003

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PREFACE --- This book is about the "structured networking" event or process for people looking to reinvent themselves, wherein the practice of the famous "six degrees of separation" principle is put into practice! (pix-xv)

What is the "six degrees of separation" principle? It is the idea that the fastest way to get to people we do not know is through contacts as far away as possible from our daily routine. (pix)

[1] Preparing to take the leap (px-xi)

[2] Changing careers, changing selves (pxi-xii)

[3] Is this book for you? (pxii-xiii)

[4] Acknowledgements (pxiv-xv)

1) REINVENTING YOURSELF (p1-19)

PART 1 --- IDENTITY IN TRANSITION (p21-87)

2) POSSIBLE SELVES (p23-43)

3) BETWEEN IDENTITIES (p45-65)

4) DEEP CHANGE (p67-87)

PART 2 --- IDENTITY IN PRACTICE (p89-158)

5) CRAFTING EXPERIMENTS (p91-111)

6) SHIFTING CONNECTIONS (p113-132)

7) MAKING SENSE (p133-158)

PART 3 --- PUTTING THE UNCONVENTIONAL STRATEGIES TO WORK (p159-181)

8) BECOMING YOURSELF (p161-171)

APPENDIX --- STUDYING CAREER TRANSITIONS (p173-181)

NOTES (p183-192)

INDEX (p193-199)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (p20)

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