Book Details
If “someday” is
never today... then meet Mary Lou Quinlan.
During her 20-year career, she had those “someday” thoughts.
But her hard-earned job as CEO of a New
York advertising agency claimed most of her waking hours. Exhausted
and losing motivation, she was so desperate she
perversely imagined breaking her leg to
get some time alone. Then, she declared
a brief timeout.
In a few short weeks, she rested, uncovered the
roots of a new business and best of all, she
rediscovered herself.
Time Off for Good Behavior is the
result of listening to women like her,
who realized enough was enough. Quinlan tells no-holds-barred
stories of dozens of women
who sacrificed their health, relationships, their good humor
and a good night’s
sleep until they found the courage to ask themselves if
they were happy with the life they were
living and made the decision to take
life-saving breaks.
Women like Lisa, a travel
executive whose high-flying
career stalled her love life for
a decade. And Courtney,
whose entrepreneurial success consumed
her until she found herself
bankrupt and divorced. And Jane,
a teacher who made her “someday” real
by saving for four years to secure time
off as a mom.
Mary Lou explores the factors that compel
you to work so hard and examines how to take
back control of your life. She explores our unwillingness to
give ourselves permission to rest so that
we can re-imagine our futures. And she shows the powerful,
self-fulfilling changes that can occur when
we do decide to take that rest.
Whether you contemplate leaving a career that took years to
build or just need
a long vacation to assess what you want next, you’ll find
answers. Each
chapter ends with provocative questions to help you plan your good
behavior reprieve.
Specific exercises on financial planning, advice for
negotiating time off, and
tools to uncover your passions make this a must-read for women
who are ready
for “someday.”
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"This book not only gives hard working women "permission"
to slow down and ease up, but
tells, with real-
life examples
and simple tools, how women can thrive while smelling the
flowers."
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— Sheila
Wellington, Professor of Management, NYU/Stern
School of Business
& Former President of Catalyst
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