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by Rha Goddess (Author)
Proven strategies for a more intentional and thoughtful approach to your ideal career
In Intentional Ambition: Redefining Your Work for Greater Joy, Freedom and Fulfillment, soul coach and visionary career consultant Rha Goddess reveals a proven blueprint, already used by hundreds of breakthrough changemakers, cultural visionaries, and social entrepreneurs, to radically and thrillingly reset your life by renegotiating your relationship to work. Drawing on personal anecdotes from highly successful individuals Rha has worked with across industries and roles, this book delivers strategies to intentionally reconsider what you do, why you do it, and how you do it.
Based on Goddess's work with private and small group coaching as well as corporate collaborations with organizations such as Google, Delta, and Lululemon, this book explores topics including:
- Resigning versus being resigned--intentionally choosing a new path versus letting your environment make your choices for you
- Raising the standard of renegotiation, where we have a renewed vision for our mental, spiritual, emotional, and financial aspirations
- Unhealthy compartmentalization of our work and real personalities, leading to painful compromise and internal emotional turmoil
Intentional Ambition earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of all professionals, no matter where they are in their careers, who know they deserve better and are looking to intentionally plot a more joyful and fulfilling path forward.
Front Jacket
When it comes to the state of our world and the state of our work...
Women of color are 18% less likely to feel supported by their supervisors compared to white women and 25% less likely to say they are being compensated fairly for their work, according to a PowHer Redefined report. But it's not just women of color. A BambooHR report found that U.S. employees are currently the unhappiest they have been since the start of 2020. In the wake of The Great Resignation, what we thought was a radical wake-up call, has become something far more depressing--and already being called The Great Gloom.
In Intentional Ambition: Redefining Your Work for Greater Joy, Freedom, and Fulfillment, renowned entrepreneurial soul coach Rha Goddess argues that resignation--the second phase out of three (negotiation, resignation, and renegotiation)--is actually the beginning of a more radical pivot. It's an opportunity to move from being resigned to the old playbook on success to being joyfully fired up by renegotiating what it means to live and work on your own terms. Turns out we've done a lot of quitting (and giving up), but if we stop at resignation without doing the crucial work of renegotiation, gloom is exactly what we can expect.
The problem we face isn't just our work--it's the mounting tension we feel about our work and the way we do it. Or the tension we feel about what we really want and the way we pursue it (or not!). This book is a much-needed call to address the toxic relationship that so many of us have with ambition and success, whether we are currently in our dream careers or not.
Part manifesto, part cultural commentary, and part blueprint for change, this book blends thought-provoking ideas and actionable advice with stories and case studies of real people's renegotiations, including stories from Goddess's clients and her personal life.
Intentional Ambition earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of corporate types and 9-to-5ers, entrepreneurs and people in the not-for-profit world, and all individuals who know they can't go back--but aren't quite sure how to go forward.
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Praise for INTENTIONAL AMBITION
"More than a book, Intentional Ambition is a call to action for all of us striving for a more equitable, human-centered future of work--especially for moms, women, and marginalized groups whose voices have been left out of the traditional narrative. Rha's message is clear: we have the power to reshape not just our work, but our lives--and in doing so, uplift entire communities."
--Reshma Saujani, leading activist and the founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, formerly Marshall Plan for Moms
"Intentional Ambition simply put is a must-read. It's the book you will pick up repeatedly as you create your new vision and path forward."
--Courtney Oliver, Vice President, Human Resources, Paramount
"A genuine social visionary, Rha Goddess is at the peak of her powers in her brilliant new book. Intentional Ambition is for anyone who hopes to find true meaning in their work as well as in their life at large. Highly recommended!"
--Gail Straub, visionary pioneer, author, activist in the field of empowerment, and Co-founder of the Empowerment Institute
"Intentional Ambition is a powerful invitation to reflect, reassess, and redefine what success means for each of us. I encourage everyone to dive into these pages and join this vital conversation. You'll find not only inspiration but also practical tools to help you reclaim your ambition and transform your life!"
--Imara Jones, award-winning journalist, intersectional-news producer, and founder of TransLash Media
"Intentional Ambition is a transformative read that could not come at a better time. As the world continues to feel more polarized, the call to move from Resignation to Renegotiation becomes an invitation to move from being victims in an old story of separation to becoming heroes in a new story of connection. To leverage our growth--personal and organizational--for the greater good is the work, the most important work for us all."
--Jay Coen Gilbert, Co-founder of B Lab and the B Corp movement, Executive Chair of Imperative 21, and Co-founder and Convener of White Men for Racial Justice
"Rather than viewing ambition as a competition, Intentional Ambition introduces models of collaboration, abundance, and care, showing us that we don't have to do it all or be it all to thrive. Everyone does better when everyone does better."
--Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place To Work
Author Biography
RHA GODDESS is the founder and CEO of Move The Crowd, Born To Shine, and the Co-founder of nFormation, a first-of-its-kind membership platform created by women of color, for women of color. She is the entrepreneurial soul coach behind hundreds of breakthrough changemakers, cultural visionaries, and social entrepreneurs. From the onset of her more than 30-year career as a cultural innovator, social impact strategist, and creative change agent, Rha has drawn on the power of creativity, culture, and community to move hearts, minds and policy. Rha's work has focused on issues of racial justice and equality, electoral politics, offender aid and restoration, mental health, youth and women's empowerment, and contributed to initiatives that impacted millions of lives.
