What Color Is Your Parachute?

by Bolles Richard Nelson

Originally self-published, Richard Bolles' Book, What Color Is Your Parachute? has become the all time leading book for people seeking career advice. This book provides a wealth of information. It provides both resources and also gets you to think about what you really want to do with your life. If you are undecided about what you want to do with your life or you are seeking career guidance, this should be the first book you read.

Richard Bolles also offers some simple advice for building your own business or pursuing non-tradititional career paths. When starting your own business, for example, Bolles says that you will know that there are many things you will need to know or skills you will need to possess. Clump all these necessary skills together under "A." Some of these skills you will already possess. Lump all these skills you have under "B." Finally if you let C=A-B, C will represent the list of all the skills you will need to acquire or else hire others to do. This helps you list the skills you need to work on or outsource.