Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Our Key Developmental Task -- Modern Careers - Modern Attitude -- You Can Choose -- My Background -- Acknowledgements -- Section One: Context & Quick Starts -- 1. Bouncing Back for Real - A true story -- Practical & Grounded -- In A Nutshell -- A Real Experience -- Everything Leads To Something -- Face The Uncomfortable Truth -- You Are Not Alone -- I Was Lucky -- What Big Change Did I Make? -- What Does Bouncing Back Really Mean? -- Work Life Imbalance -- Setting Goals -- What Have I Learnt? -- Summary & New Habit #1 -- 2. Modern Careers - Welcome to now -- Traditional Vs Modern -- An Essential Permission -- What Makes A Modern Career? -- 7 Tenets Of A Modern Career -- Skills For A Successful Modern Career -- Modern Career Skills No. 1 - Specialist Skills -- Modern Career Skills No. 2 - External Skills -- Modern Career Skills No. 3 - Internal Skills -- Ongoing Training -- Self-Check On Learning -- Where Are We Going Next? -- Case Study - Hannah -- Identity Issues -- Becoming At Ease With Our Identity -- Identity & Stories -- Summary & New Habit #2 -- 3. The Gyroscope - Increasing our self-esteem -- Ouch! That Hurt! -- The Inner Gyroscope -- Our Sense Of Self-Esteem -- Case Study - Bob -- Case Study - Susan -- Building Resilience To Increase Self-Esteem -- Self-Esteem Starts Here -- Summary & New Habit #3 -- 4. The Essence of Success - Three key rules -- Life Can Be Simple -- Three Rules For Success -- 1) Creating Our Own Opportunities -- 2) Trusting Our Intuition -- 3) Keep Going -- Your 4th Rule -- Summary & New Habit #4 -- 5. Getting Started - Simple steps to take -- Getting Started -- Case Study - Barcelona 1992 -- It's Okay To Be Scared -- Staying Safe -- Top Tips For Getting Started -- Social Media Is Sociable -- Take Simple Safe Steps -- Summary & New Habit #5 61.

Section Two: Skills & Insights for Long Term Success -- 6. The HIGH-CS Transition Model - Key stages on our journey -- The Journey -- The High-Cs Transition Model -- 1) Stressful Chaos -- 2) Tense Calm -- 3) Free Cleansing -- 4) Anxious Consideration -- 5) Hopeful Catching -- 6) Careful Coordination -- 7) Joyful Celebration -- How Transition Works -- Spotting Inactivity -- Summary & New Habit #6 -- 7. Physis - A useful word nobody has heard of -- Small Word, Big Impact -- The Physis Gap -- The Television Twins -- So What? -- Accessing Physis -- Affirmations -- Case Study - Kirsty -- The Physis Flow Meter -- Summary & New Habit #7 -- 8. Doing Feelings - Making friends with ourselves -- It's Okay! -- Grrrrr! Arrrgh! -- The Truth About Feelings -- Spotting Feelings -- Clues For When We're Feeling Stressed -- Doing Feelings Is Useful -- Doing Sadness -- Doing Fear -- Doing Anger -- The Two-Stage Anger Attack -- Doing Happiness -- Transition Feelings -- Case Study - Andrew -- Keep Revisiting Feelings -- Summary & New Habit #8 -- 9. Buying Time - Increasing horizons to reduce panic -- The Biggest Worry -- Case Study - Adam -- Thinking About Money -- How Much Time Do We Need To Buy? -- Case Study - Colin -- Remember Holidays -- Thinking The Unthinkable -- The Car Story -- Forward-Looking Cash Management -- Sample (A) - Initial Cash Flow Forecast -- Be Ruthless -- Sample (B) - Ruthless Cash Flow Forecast -- Summary & New Habit #9 -- 10. Thinking ABC - Giving our brain a workout -- Thinking Vs Reacting -- Thinking Is Work -- Creating Options -- The Ideas Clock -- The FACET Process For Good Decision-Making -- FACET Case Study - Printing Vs Coaching -- Aim For Grounded Thinking -- Five Thinking Bugbears -- The Role Of Intuition -- Summary & New Habit #10 -- 11. What's the Opportunity? - Seeing the market -- It's A Fuzzy World -- How To Create Opportunities.

Case Study - Paul -- Case Study - Charlotte -- What Are We Attracted To? -- Skill Audit Table -- Brand 'Me' -- How To Recognise An Opportunity -- How To Recognise If It's Right For Me -- Case Study - Janet -- How To Act On It -- Spotting Market Trends -- We Can Stay Safe And Still Grow -- Summary & New Habit #11 -- 12. Sales Secrets - Method matters -- Selling Is Essential -- Selling Confidence -- Secrets Of Success #1 -- Secrets Of Success #2 -- Secret Of Success #3 -- Secrets Of Success #4 -- Secrets Of Success #5 -- Six-Month Sales Process -- Secrets Of Success #6 -- Secrets Of Success #7 -- Secret Of Success #8 -- Secrets Of Success #9 -- Secrets Of Success #10 -- Case Study - Philip -- Summary & New Habit #12 -- 13. Embracing Social Media - Free, fun and useful -- Be In The Game -- A Shock -- Choose Your Platforms -- No Daisy Chains -- Using LinkedIn -- Using Facebook -- Using Twitter -- Getting Started On Twitter -- Top Ten Twitter Tips: Getting Started -- What To Say On Twitter -- Using Twitter To Sell -- Maintaining Our Networks -- Case Study - Richard -- Summary & New Habit #13 -- 14. Make a Change - Learn to keep learning -- The Need To Learn -- 7 Key Quotes On Learning -- Keep Going -- Summary & New Habit #14 -- 15. Tool Kit - The essence of bouncing back -- 16. Helpful Habits - Simple things to guide our development -- Other Books by Richard Maun -- About the Author.