Embrace the Work, Love Your Career

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"From the author of The Myth of the Nice Girl, an instructional workbook to help you find professional satisfaction and achieve your goals."

 

"[Fran Hauser's] new workbook, Embrace the Work, Love Your Career, is for women who want to fall back in love with their work and design a career action plan grounded in confidence and clarity."

 

"Fran Hauser's workbook Embrace the Work, Love Your Career couldn't have arrived at a better time."

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

YOU ARE DESERVING OF A CAREER YOU LOVE.

In her new, one-of-a-kind workbook, Fran offers accessible advice, time-tested strategies, creative prompts, and thoughtful exercises, guiding women to build a career they love.

Stemming from decades working in senior leadership positions at Time Inc.’s People, InStyle and Entertainment Weekly as well as at AOL and Coca-Cola Enterprises, Fran created this modern, holistic guided workbook to help readers struggling with their careers in a post-COVID world. Embrace the Work, Love Your Career is for any woman who wants to:

● Design a career action plan
● Create time and space
● Know their value
● Build a dream team
● Reflect and reset
● And, ultimately, fall in love with their career

Each chapter starts with practical advice and includes prompts and exercises to help readers create their own personal career action plans. Palate-cleansing meditations and coloring breaks conclude each chapter, offering chances for calming reflection. Through simple, inspiring, and actionable tools, Embrace the Work, Love Your Career empowers women to focus on the things that truly matter, set boundaries and, ultimately, realize their full potential.

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 HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

  • Piera Gelardi

    Can a career book be fun? Now it can! From coloring breaks to creative exercises, Fran has made the process of embracing your career goals and dreams a delight.

    - Piera Gelardi, Co-Founder, Refinery29 & creative visionary

  • Tiffany Dufu

    This book is more than a must read. It's a must experience for any woman who wants to clarify her purpose and create an action plan to manifest it personally and professionally.

    Tiffany Dufu, Founder & CEO, The Cru

  • Gretchen Carlson

    Fran knows how to ask the best questions to help you dream big and set big goals. She knows that we each have our own path, and guides you to creating a career that works for you.

    Gretchen Carlson, Journalist, Co-Founder Lift our Voices, female empowerment advocate and best-selling author

  • Rebecca Minkoff

    Confidence comes with knowing yourself, actualizing your dreams, and facing what could be holding you back. This book helps put you in the driver’s seat to embrace the journey and love your career.

    Rebecca Minkoff, Founder of Rebecca Minkoff & The Female Founder Collective

  • Erica Keswin

    Humans are multidimensional and the most successful books cater to that! Fran’s book allows readers to follow their own path and bring their human to work. It’s part self-reflection, part advice, and the result is a powerful combination to help you love your career and realize your goals.

    Erica Keswin, WSJ bestselling author, keynote speaker and workplace strategist

  • Randi Zuckerberg

    Time is precious. Fran guides you toward focusing on what creates the most value for your career and what will have the most impact on your journey.

    - Randi Zuckerberg, Founder & CEO at Zuckerberg Media

  • Vivian Maza

    The most successful employees are not the ones who say yes to everything, but the ones who have the most focus, confidence, passion and know exactly what to prioritize. This book helps you get there.

    Vivian Maza, Former Chief Culture Officer at Ultimate Software & angel investor

  • Regina Buckley

    I worked with Fran more than 10 years ago, and I’m still seeking career advice from her! Fran shows you how it’s possible to be more confident, intentional, and mindful at work, which will help you build a career you love.

    - Regina Buckley, President, US at Guardian News & Media

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WORKSHEETS

Below are companion worksheets to help you integrate practices from the book into your day.

  • There are plenty of extra Career Action Plan worksheets in the back of the book, but we know that some of you may prefer a digital download that you can type into. Download worksheet here!

  • We make thousands of decisions each day. This set of questions will help you decide if you want to say “Yes” or “No”. Download this postcard and pin it up on your bulletin board or save it on your preferred device.

  • Use this checklist on a weekly basis to reflect on your progress and keep your career dreams on track.

MEDITATIONS

At the end of each section in the book, we include an original meditation to help you reset. I've found that taking a pause, even for just a minute, puts me in the right mindset to create intentions for the changes I'd like to make.

Written by: Patricia Karpas
Narrated by: Fran Hauser

 

 Book publisher: The Collective Book Studio | Headshot: Jennifer Mullowney | Book design: David Miles | Illustrations: Regina Shklovsky