When to Jump

If the Job You Have Isn't the Life You Want

By: Mike Lewis

Narrated by: Mike Lewis, full cast, Sheryl Sandberg

This program is read by the author and an exciting cast of readers including Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Also included are the winning fan submissions from the Macmillan Audio When to Jump contest.

An inspirational audiobook that lays out the "Jump Curve" - four steps to wholeheartedly pursuing the career of your dreams - through experiences from a variety of people who have jumped and never looked back

When Mike Lewis was 24 and working in a prestigious corporate job, he eagerly wanted to leave and pursue his dream of becoming a professional squash player. But he had questions: When is the right time to move from work that is comfortable to a career you have only dared to dream of? How have other people made such a jump? What did they feel when making that jump - and afterward?

Mike sought guidance from others who had "jumped", and the responses he got - from a banker who started a brewery, a publicist who became a bishop, a garbage collector who became a furniture designer, and on and on - were so clear-eyed and inspiring that Mike wanted to share what he had learned with others who might be helped by those stories. First, though, he started playing squash professionally.

The right audiobook at the right time, When to Jump offers more than 40 heartening stories (from the founder of Bonobos, the author of The Big Short, the designer of the Lyft logo, the Humans of New York creator, and many more) and takeaways that will inspire, instruct, and reassure, including the ingenious four-phase Jump Curve.

This program is read by Mike Lewis, Sheryl Sandberg, Jeff Arch, Betsy Lewis, Nate Chambers, Laura McKowen, Tommy Clark, Elle Luna, Lawrence Campbell, Fernando Rodriguez-Villa, Merle R. Saferstein, Kelly O'Hara, Amy VanHaren, Alex Stern, Zorina Exie J. Frey, Adrian Cardenas, Alexander Armstrong, Akasha Agrawal, Maia Josebachvili, Eric Wu, Emily Broas, Alexandra Stein, Rahul Razdan, Frank Britt, Luis M. Rodriguez-Villa, Ethan Eyler, Abigail Ogilvy Ryan, Olankunle Oladehin, Brian Kelly, Khe Hy, Harriet Davies, Dr. Michael Lewis, Greg Klassen, Dan Kenary, Kyle Battle, James Bourque, Elizabeth Hague, Adam Fried, Drew Joseph, Tyler Cramer, Danni Pomplun, Melissa Mielke, Alex Korchinkski, Anoopreet Rehncy, Brenda Berkman, and William Hochman.

©2018 Mike Lewis (P)2018 Macmillan Audio

Interesting

I’m not sure if I read the synopsis wrong, but this book was not what I expected, although still interesting. It was basically one man’s detailed jump (the author) and many abbreviated “jump” stories (although some I would not necessarily consider a “jump”). All in all, this had good rid bits of information, but I had to take at least 3-4 extended breaks from listening daily.

Very inspiring!

I’ve listened to this book two times now and each time I take away new things. It’s very inspiring and I love that the stories were read by the individuals!

Very insightful and a great read

Loved hearing all the diverse backgrounds of people Mike interviewed. I liked the sections of jumps... I don't know what I will jump for, but I feel prepared.

So inspired by this book!

I am 30 years old and this book came to me at the perfect time! It was just the encouragement I needed in order to make my own jump! It also let me know that no time has been wasted! As I began to read it some things started to unfold for me. I was able to start approaching things in a way I never had before! It changed my mindset and gave me confidence to start stepping out into dreams I've had for years! Thank you.

Exactly what I needed to hear.

The collection of stories from all walks of life make this book applicable to just about anyone who is considering making the jump. At a time in my life where I’m nervous to make the full time jump into the next venture, these stories assured me that everything works itself out. Highly suggest to anyone who is just now hearing that little voice to people who are on the fence ready to go.

Do you hear a voice inside you?

This book spoke to me like few others have before and this is mainly due to the amazing stories from real people on their JUMP experience. An unexpected bonus was to have the stories read from the actual people who JUMPED! I was able to relate to many different aspects of the stories including the 'voice', ideas and knowing there is something more than my current situation. You will hear from people in all walks of life who knew they had to not only listen to that voice inside but they had to do something about it. They had to make a JUMP!

Interwoven with the stories is some solid advice that can be used to guide you in your JUMP. I've started my plan to JUMP because I know that I can no longer ignore or push down the voice inside me that is wanting out.

If you hear that voice inside telling you to JUMP, you are not alone.

The survivorship bias for successes and unscientific delusion that we should always trust our gut.

I dislike the survivorship bias and selection bias for the examples.

Most but not all came from an exceptionally financially fortunate position of having a great job and deciding to jump from it Rather than coming from a very average or disadvantaged background and having to jump to it.

What was absent and shouldn't have been present is a situation like mine.

It's not because I'm special but because I probably make up the majority of those who want to or in the process of jumping.

I didn't like the complete absence of people Who are in the process of or have jumped but wanted it badly enough to actually take a job they may hate in order to facilitate the jump in the future.

There was a concerning lack of defining how it turned out for each person, especially towards the " failure " end and what they are doing now.

Most of the people were successful in their jump and it's easy to talk about. it doesn't matter whether you succeed or fail when you succeed.

At 57 my jump has still not yet been successful they need to address this very real fact that there is a real and potentially long-term cost for doing such a jump.

I would have liked To have seen More examples of people either still in their jump or who didn't achieve their jump.

I also, would have to know the status and satisfaction of those of everyone whether they were successful in process or unsuccessful at their jumps.

It matters tremendously. The author seems to have ignored, or hidden those results to focus primary on the famous & unknown successes.

Adding the current status of each person would have been added tremendous value especially since it's not clear whether it was intentionally omitted.

A jumper in progress.

Well done!

Excellent points and highly quotable. I made a Google Doc summarizing these stories. In my life, thanks to this book, I've come to the conclusion that I'm not ready to make a jump, but I am making the steps to get there!

Motivating and Informative

This book gives really great perspectives if you are considering changing your career. The best part of the book are the different stories narrated by the people that lived the experiences. Each brought a different perspective which helped solidify the belief that you should jump if you have a dream to pursue. The only part of this book I didn't care for were the redundant portions where the author reiterated the main points of each individual's stories. That was completely unnecessary. Otherwise, it is definitely worth your time if you are considering a change.

Really wanted to love it, but…

The story was just ok. I see why the author had all the speakers included in the book and them reading their audio, but I struggled to connect with the content. I didn’t walk away with tangible objectives to consider. I did appreciate that he included jumps of all sizes, however.