This is an intimate diary, a true story, of a top advertising executive’s struggle to find satisfaction in his career and happiness in his life.
“I had quit smoking but was making ads for Marlboro. I was working on Kellogg’s while restricting the kids’ intake of presweetened cereals. I was asked to keep GM’s gas guzzlers selling during the nation’s worst oil crisis. These clients were the largest billings in the house, and the most exciting projects for creative people, but I could barely stomach working on them.”
A crushing incident during a major client presentation brings Marrs to a breaking point. He finally stops resisting change, then quickly discovers that what he thinks will be a simple career change becomes a passionate quest for whole-life fulfillment.
With insightful storytelling, rather than the headiness of a how-to book, Executive in Passage escorts the reader beyond the pain and uncertainty of midlife change, career transition, crisis and burnout — to discovering the transformational secrets that illuminate and inspire this universal journey. As the story unfolds, readers find themselves comforted and not alone. They gain a clear sense that their challenges are not the result of mistakes they’ve made or signs that they are broken or lacking. Rather, they are milestone along a natural, albeit confusing and sometimes scary, unfolding of personal and spiritual development. There is plenty to munch on here for anyone who would benefit from expanded perspectives on their search for a happier life. To speed the passage and make it easier and less frustrating, the story’s structure highlights…
- Three distinct phases to successful transition
- Eleven hidden thresholds of transformation
- Deciphering signs and markers that point toward the best choices
- The language of inner guidance, a personal mentor for the passage
For anyone interested in attaining a deeper understanding of the mysterious underpinnings of a beautifully evolving life, this is an extremely helpful guidebook.
