Taking Chances: Lessons in Putting Passion & Creativity Into Your Work Life

The author of Quitting, Dauten presents another guide to people searching for satisfactions on the job. Examples of men and women whose daring paid off accompany the author's repeated exhortations to be different, accomplished and freebetter than rich. There are exercises to help readers determine what they want to do, to help them settle conflicts between career and personal life, etc. Stresses Dauten: the upward path is wide open for those who are ""sufficiently unique'' sic, for example, like Richard Mitchell, publisher of Underground Grammarian, who is among the role models quoted in a book far more exuberant than polished, or convincing. (September 22)