Nickels versus Dollars

About the Book

In many instances we are wherever we are in our careers and lives not because of a "grand strategy" rather we sometimes "back into" our careers and lifestyle because of any number of circumstances. Most people stay in their "choice" of careers either because they have little or no options because of family conditions, lack of the necessary energy required to change careers, "shutting off" options because of involvement in their career and any other number of "excuses."

The journey through life is both long and short. It is long if you are in a career which offers minimal if any rewards for your effort and each day becomes a "chore" rather than a challenge. It is at the same time short when you reach middle age and have to ask yourself the questions "What have I accomplished?" If the answer is negative, you must live the rest of your life unfulfilled or yes, change.

This book offers the reader a "clue" in a process of self analysis. In the title of the book Nickels versus Dollars we must define for ourselves, and only for ourselves what is a nickel and what is a dollar? The book is not a panacea; rather it directs us to ask ourselves the hard questions. Hopefully it will be both a useful and enjoyable tool.

About the Author

Having graduated from Boston University graduate school in 1973 with a master's degree in political science, I have always had a bent for things political, but coming from an economic background which did not afford me the option of leisurely pursuing a creative career in writing, I had to get on with the process of earning a living. As I have told my wife on more occasions than she would probably appreciate, that if you are not born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you had better formulate a direction in your life which affords you the "luxury" of living a style of life which affords you access to those dreams to which you aspire. This in mind, I decided to be my own advocate since my options from resources surrounding me were limited.

Pursuing a career in business seemed to be a practical way of implementing some of those dreams to which I aspired, so, off in that direction I went. I spent the next 25 years pursuing this very practical career which involved management consulting, accounting and real estate.

One day I awoke and realized that I had not fully realized that dream I had envisioned years earlier in terms of "self-fulfillment" for lack of a better word. The creative part of my mind had lain dormant and it was imperative that the creative energies which had been imprisoned for these many years be released and thus "The Wanderer" and Nickels versus Dollars.