Soultrader

Citation

(2003), "Soultrader", Work Study, Vol. 52 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ws.2003.07952aae.004

Soultrader

Soultrader

Carmel McConnellPearson EducationISBN: 1 843 04018 2£15.00

Soultrader is a guide to getting to know yourself properly – from the inside. It is a combination of "rough guide to your real self" and career path, with an underpinning of practical exercises. Based around key career events, e.g. your first job, getting noticed, setting career priorities, navigating the politics, getting promoted, building a network, going it alone and building a market reputation, Soultrader suggests that "soul" is the foundation for your success.

For those for whom work has become the "daily grind", interfering with leisure pursuits, Soultrader may be what you need to get excited about work – and its place in your life – again. Being a soultrader is a personal strategy for sustainable career success – all you have to do is sign up to the 12-day "life purpose plan" in the last chapter … . but you do need to read the book first.

Perhaps the best thing about this job is that it makes the reader face up to the real challenge of sustainable career success – in a world where work – and careers – are changing. For more people, there will be more occasions when they face that stark choice – stay or go. Understanding the choices, and making the decision, is simpler when you have clarified "purpose" – what is it you want out of life … and work.

This is a book for those who seek rewards in both monetary and other forms, and want to explore their attitude to both, and the inter-relationship between them.