The book is also available on bookshop.org or kobo, and your local bookstore should be able to order it from the Ingram catalog. Or email me directly if you want a signed copy, or to get a bulk order discount.
Once you read the book, I would love for you to review it on Amazon so I can learn how it affected you!
A transformational framework to help you redefine success when working harder isn’t working.
You’re a high achiever on a successful career path—but something’s missing. You have what many would consider to be a dream job, but you’re feeling miserable and heading towards burnout—working from the crack of dawn to midnight every day, drowning in emails and meetings.
You’re working hard, but it lacks meaning. You know something must change, but you feel stuck. How do you make a change without losing everything you worked for?
You have a choice.
Written by a former Google leader who redesigned his life to be more meaningful and impactful after burning out, this book will provide you with the tools you need to find a new path with purpose—one where you define what success means to you. In its pages, you will learn how to:
Clearly define how you want your life to be different.
Identify the ways in which you are keeping yourself stuck, and what you can do about it.
Learn how to more effectively influence others around you.
Experiment with new possibilities to create professional growth and personal transformation.
Discover what energizes you, and use that to guide you towards a more fulfilling and sustainable life.
Complete with actionable exercises and inspiring stories collected from the author’s own experience and years of coaching successful executives and leaders, this book will help you make new choices that move you beyond just hard work to a life of meaning and purpose.
“You Have A Choice is a moving journey through the wisdom necessary to own your own journey. By generously sharing his story from being a burned out executive to a heart-centered coach dedicated to alleviating the suffering of others, Eric reinforces the profound truth of our own agency: we can shape the experience of our journeys and our lives. His work is a gift to all those struggling to find a way forward.”
About the author: Eric Nehrlich is an executive coach who draws on twenty years of experience in the tech industry to help leaders have more impact, by asking them to clarify their priorities and consciously place their focus on the most important work. He loves to identify and challenge mindsets and habits that hold his clients back from their next level of leadership. Before becoming a coach, Eric spent ten years as an engineer and product manager across several startups before joining Google, eventually leading business strategy and operations for the Google Search Ads product team as Chief of Staff for six years. This is Eric’s first book, which he wrote to share what he’s learned in his career and his coaching with a wider audience, and he shared the experience of writing the book in this post.
Podcast interviews where I talk about the themes of the book, also collected in this Spotify playlist:
Happiness by Choice, on the No More Mondays podcast with Angie Callen of Career Benders
The Biggest Lie Blocking Happiness, on the Happy Engineer podcast with Zach White
You Have A Choice, on the Your Self at Work podcast with Kristin Maczko and Daryll Henrich
From Burnout and Self-Sabotage to Building Meaningful Relationships, on the Living Fearless Today podcast with Mike Forrester
Reconnecting with Purpose, on the Back2Basics podcast with Leticia Latino
Learning to Say No at Work, on the Columbia University Rising to the Top podcast with Paul Maniaci
Making Choices Explicit, on the Human Skills podcast with Kevin Ball
Simple but Not Easy, on the Leading with Integrity podcast with David Hatch
“You start showing up as an adult when you take responsibility for your own freedom. This book is a resource to help build the insight and courage to make the braver choice.”