Success on Your Own Terms
6 Promises to Fire Up Your Passion, Ignite Your Career, and Create an Amazing Life
Passion comes from inside. Stoke it.
Setbacks happen. Find your way around, over, and through them.
Be willing to receive, then give back. Pay it forward.
Many young people--perhaps four out of five or more--are dissatisfied with their jobs. Why bother to pursue a dream?
It's up to you to create your custom-tailored career and define success your way. How? Combine your burning passion with drive, determination, strategy, and commitment to pay it forward; and find and nurture mentor support, stay steady on your path, and see the fireworks. Success on Your Own Terms will show you exactly how to do it.
Living parallel lives as a business executive, Christian hip-hop media owner, and author, James Rosseau has merged the streams of his three passions to make a difference in his own life and the lives of countless others.
Learning to make and keep six promises during his diverse career, Rosseau now shows young people how to develop a plan for themselves.
These stories, lessons, setbacks, and triumphs--from the neighborhoods of North Philadelphia to executive leadership--reveal new possibilities in an inspiring blend of smart strategy, hard work, and willingness to connect to help others.
James B. Rosseau, Sr. (Trig)
What Our Readers Say
"Success on Your Own Terms" is a very simple and easy to follow career inspiring book. James talks about his deliberate and focused attention to his career ladder and how he methodically follows through them.
This book is very inspiring in a very fundamental way that says self-discipline, focus, attention to detail and motivation can take help progress through the professional society and career path. James also shares about his challenges as a normal individual and how he doesn't let loose of his focus from those distractions. One of my take away from his book is the meticulous tracking and follow through in building a professional network and I see it works.
I found this book to be an enjoyable quick read which can be used as a study guide. The author shares his "tried and true" techniques for pursuing your passions and reaching your goals, techniques which can easily be applied to both your professional and personal life.
I was particularly impressed with the author's personable and friendly approach, and his sense of humor. It is basically a straightforward, one-on-one approach from a professional who has gotten past some serious hurdles and wants to help others do the same.
I highly recommend this book as a great reference for career building as well as for honing social skills.
It has been a long time since a book captured my attention, James Rosseau Sr.'s book has done that for me. The principles he passionately shares along with the transparency of his personal experiences helps you feel the importance of each promise.
He helps you understand that when you are clear about the connection between your passion and purpose you can begin to take action to progress. I wish this book was available to me when I was still in school as early as 5th grade; the principles speaks to all ages and gives us a way to live a life of responsibility regardless of our current circumstance. Our society needs hope, now more than ever. Learning the skills to become your own CEO in all aspects of your life will reap a harvest of an abundant and hopeful life; I believe the content of this book will help you achieve that and more.