The Fool's Journey into Building Your Sustainability Career

By Sandra K Norval

Sandra K Norval MBA FIEMA CEnv is a sustainability strategist and futurist working at the crossroads of two major transitions we are encountering - climate change and digital advancement.Regularly approached for advice on entering the profession this book is designed to help people to find their first rung on the ladder to developing their own sustainability career. Ultimately every job will be green if we are to develop into the new world we are creating but at this exciting time there are opportunities in transitioning every field we work in and every aspect of how our society functions. There couldn't be a better time to seek to develop something new in your career.Packed with tips and ideas, with some templates to help you design your own road map and a series of useful links to start building your knowledge, this first edition will get you started.The Fool is the first card in the tarot pack. It is all about being the beginner, making an assessment of the risks, tapping into our knowledge and experience and finding the courage to take the first step into something new. We all face that fear at different times in our life, and we all overcome it.This is the first book in the Fool's Journey Into... series. Sandra is developing materials to support those brave beginners, the ones who have the courage to step into the unknown in a range of topics knowing that it is OK to be at the start. We bring the wealth of previous experience with us whenever we move into something new. It's accepting that from time to time we are all The Fool and that's just fine!Supported by a Facebook group, readers can start to explore their ideas and gradually build their confidence. The group provides a safe space to share those thoughts that stall our progress. Those moments of doubt that feed the fears and find support and encouragement to help build their courage because that leads to the wins, the small and large celebrations of the amazing things that happen when we take the first step, then another... and another...If there were no fools there would be no progress and every single journey is progress.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1795255145
• ISBN13: 9781795255141
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 27 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.1" x 8.5"