The Secret of Transitions
Jim Manton
Robert D. Reed Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-931741-91-0
Non-Fiction, Business, Career
Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady

Transitions. We’ve all experienced them. It seems that just when everything is going well and life is good that chaos breaks loose. The company you’ve diligently worked for downsizes and you are out of a job. Your spouse tells you that your marriage is done. Health issues remind you of your mortality.

The Secret of Transitions is part memoir and part self help book. The author shares his own transition experiences as he left a job because he felt bored and then realized that this was merely an excuse. It was at this point that he had to become very honest with himself and figure out what he really wanted to do with his life.

The author’s story is subdivided into a number of chapters. Each chapter looks at one particular step within the transition process. The author’s experiences serve as both an example and inspiration for the reader. I like this format because the author’s words seem more like mentoring than traditional self-help.