The Premise: The Scope and aim – the case for Reinvent Yourself For Good, For Good

Prologue: The Bruising of Our Souls in Today’s Modern Society

(Or how we are recognizing that there is more to life than Capitalism and consumption,

no truer today as the Pandemic & The Great Resignation have shown us!)

If you layoff (i.e. “separate” as we used to say in corporate America) 1,000 employees from

their paycheck in an eight hour span, your soul gets bruised. I took me a good number of showers

and adult beverages, to get the disgust, the feeling of shame, out of my head and heart, of separating

so many people through the business of what is called “outsourcing” (moving jobs from high wage

country i.e. the United States to a low wage country, i.e. India) their jobs to a lower wage country.

And my story is not unique.

After approximately 35 years of being the proverbial road warrior and atypical hi-tech

consultant, I was pretty worn out. The emotional hit I took when I was “separated” from the last

corporate role (Global VP of a managed Tech service practice) was surprising and I was not

prepared for. Recognizing emotional and psychological impact of loosing your job, ending a

career or not even being able to start a career, is critical part of this book. In Part II section of this

book - How to re-value yourself for good –emotional, physical, psychological repair – how to love

and like yourself – we provide steps and a pathway to recover mentally, emotionally and many

other ways after loosing your job (or if you are beating your head against the wall trying to land

good first job). Section III we map a personal strategic plan for you to find your “good work”.

More about these sections later.

In Reinventing Yourself for Good, For Good, I not only share my story, but we share the

stories of many people who have abandoned the empty, stressful, the often heartless world of

capitalism and have reinvented themselves to do good, for good. We hope these stories resonate

with you, provide not only solace but provide you the motivation to make your leap. We identify

the key attributes and steps these social entrepreneurs took to reinvent themselves for good, for

good, permanently.