| Subtitle | A tale of career traps and how to escape them |
| By | Dr. Helmut Schuster and Dr. David Oxley |
| Published By | |
| ISBN | 9781788607094 |
| Non-Fiction Genre | Business/Careers |
| Publication Date | 03/18/2025 |
| Price | 14.99 |
| Paperback Hyperlink | https://practicalinspiration.com/book/a-groundhog-career |
| Hardcopy Hyperlink | https://practicalinspiration.com/book/a-groundhog-career |
| Ebook Hyperlink | https://practicalinspiration.com/book/a-groundhog-career |
Synopsis
Don’t let the professional world take you as its next unwitting captive; instead, discover how you can take control of your career and in the process find true meaning and lasting fulfillment.
Authors Biography
Schuster and Oxley are long time collaborators and former work colleagues. It is their shared outlook that has bound them together as authors. They are optimistic futurists, advocates for next generation talent, pioneers of new approaches to work, enthusiasts for new technology adoption, and crusaders against entrenched thinking. Their first book – A Career Carol – was Highly Commended in the Business Book Awards 2024.
Reviews
An accessible written self-help book offering readers an insight into ‘career traps’, and how to be successful whilst still having a strong work ethic. A FINALIST and highly recommended! – The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
…a must-read for anyone looking to take charge of their career journey and live professional life on their own terms. We all need meaning and purpose at work, and the book is a roadmap for escaping the race for promotions and bonuses and finding a career that really matters – HR Today
This book is a must read for everyone who is ready to take charge of their career journey.
Must Read for all. Most practical view points to grow your career.
Highly recommended for professionals ready to grow with clarity and purpose.
Wonderful realistic book which does not preach but gives enough breadcrumbs for us to learn and make own judgements.
Must read for everyone at all stages of career!
A must read book that focuses on practical aspects of managing and building careers. Does not preach and provides recommendations that can be handy in daily work environment
I found this book both fascinating and deeply insightful. It’s especially valuable if you’re at a stage in your career where you need to make important decisions and clarify what truly matters to you.
A relevant, insightful and intelligently written book for those keen to progress their careers with purpose.
Incredible book – a must read!
A great book for Christmas gifts.
Very good advice. Thank you.
Great book!
Wonderful book, a must read!
Really interesting book, a must read!
Great read! It’s entertaining but also very helpful for those needing timely career advice!
Spanning generations, A Groundhog Career reminds us of the importance of purpose in work – and being more active in our choices. A must read.
Excellent guidance to build career aligned to purpose!! Must read!!
Great story. Great business book
A wonderful book that provides practical tips for purposeful and successful career.
Thought provoking book which is a must read!
A unique, engaging and inspiring careers book. This book shares a refreshing look at your career and asks you to pause and think about what really matters to you in your professional life. A must-read for anyone staring their career or unhappy in their job. Plus it looks great too!
Loved the story
This book breaks a bold. It’s very different from other career advice books. This one is genuinely entertaining and thought provoking
Loved the story. Found the advice really helpful.
Very useful book for career advice especially to anyone who’s starting their career path
Refreshingly accessible ‘self-help’ book on careers and professional life, with actionable tips. An entertaining and inspirational read.
It’s PANTs or so the authors dub it. Personally I thought it was really creative, entertaining, and stands out for its originality. Rather than go with the crowd and write a regular business/career guide this try’s something very different. And it succeeds. I loved you could laugh and learn. Be engaged and at the same time asks questions about your career path. Great book!
A great read! It offers practical career advice and help with working out what really matters to you and gives you joy.
This book stands out as a highly engaging and insightful read, particularly for those navigating questions around career direction and personal fulfilment.
The importance of finding something you really love, that has purpose and gives you energy – a brilliant book and one my kids will be reading soon!
I love fables and have enjoyed following Shey Sinope’s story. The practical career advice that then follows is insightful and thought provoking. Finding meaning and purpose in your chosen career just makes it more enjoyable!!
Great book with lots of helpful advice.
Very well written … a great read
Genuinely fun and thought provoking.
Lots to like in here. From the story, to the blink summaries, and the real life case studies. Strongly rceommended.
Extraordinary book. Something with great ambition. Reinventing a genre. I applaud that.
Its fun and informative.
Well worth the investment.
Bit biased as I know the author(s). They are good people. And this is really a worthwhile project. Something that I think transcends my bias. Everyone I’ve discussed dit with says the same thing “What a wonderful pleasant and memorable book!”
Go read it now!
and then vote for it!
A Groundhog Day reimagined as a career advice fable!
Plus of course some really sage advice and thinking exercises.
But what makes this book is the really upbeat and fun attitude. It’s just very uplifting!
A joy
These guys seem to have fun with it. I like that. It’s an important subject. Tackling the problem statement ‘how do you help an audience who don’t naturally engage with career advice to give it a try.’
It’s really good. Extremely imaginative.
10/10
Witty, entertaining, and profoundly thought provoking.
In an increasingly superficial world, thumbing a nose at binary stereotypes, and encouraging self discovery, this is heart warming and story. It is also a great guide for professional how may feel they have become trapped in a hamster wheel of corporate busy-ness.
Refreshing.
I’m a personal trainer and a client suggested I read this. I loved it. Some of the jokes were very funny. But it was the life lesson that stayed with me. Very very memorable.
I lobe Bill Murray in the movie. I almost love this retelling more. I think you could read this just for fun. It is a career advice book. But it isn’t heavy. It’s a fun story and as a bonus it makes you rethink whether you’ve got a bit lost in your professional goals. Very good.
What unexpected shenanigans. But wise. Using that groundhog life parable. Day after day, you show up, do the work, and keep going. It feels the same, because, it is. At what’s it all for? Why do you persevere? Questions we don’t ask ourselves often enough.
An excellent, thought provoking, stimulating and well written work. Highly recommendable.
An original and thought provoking book that actually helps you think differently.
Groundhog Career beautifully highlights how many of us get stuck in repetitive work patterns, and inspires us to break free and pursue more meaningful growth.
This book is more than a story. It’s a manual for anyone lost in today’s fast-changing workplace and definitely a must-read for career coaches and HR professionals.
Just a very funny book by two eccentric but very clever people. Left me entertained and with some very good questions about my own career.
It’s fun and informative. I had an unexpected blast reading this on a flight. Well worth the few hours investment. And something of a page turner in the end.
I worked with these guys and this book is every bit as fun and challenging as they are in real life. Highly recommended.
India alumni! Go team!
What an unexpectedly wonderful book. Honestly not what I was expecting. The authors have created something unique. And the cover… well it’s glorious. It complete jumps out at you. This book you can judge by its cover!
Wow, what a great book. I think I say that in large part because I enjoyed it despite it being a business/leadership book. Too often those are like a visit to the dentist. But this was genuinely fun. Really happy to support them in this competition.
And one of the authors plays golf! What’s not to like!
Creative take on an important subject, especially timely for today’s labor/career market.
We have to work but does it always have to be painful? Must we sacrifice to earn a wage and create a good life? Such critical questions that too often we ignore.
Books that discusses career and professional dimension seldom are this light and enjoyable to read yet leaves a lasting impact to reflect on their career journey and enable themselves to architect in their own terms.
A very interesting and a must read book, definitely an add-on to my library
A fascinating read! Kudos 👏
nice one
nice one,
Very realistic and helpful book
You guys should record an audiobook. This would be great to listen to.
Refreshing and insightful – well worth a read
Its really good.
The story of Shey Sinope is a lot of fun. And there is solid advice in here as well.
Excellent
Very good book. Surprising. Inventive. Entertaining but informative. Highly recommended.
Really helpful and thought provoking
Refreshingly original approach to such a practical subject.
Sirs, such a good book. Congratulations.
Excellent. Much congratulations.
I loved this book. Great idea.Well done Sirs.
Great story, great advice, great illustrations. Lovely concept very well done.
What a wonderful book by two really fun and engaging people. This really is an imaginative way to think about big career and professional life challenges. Well done!
Very clever theme for this book. Do you want a career like the movie Groundhog Day? Where every day is the same day?
Laughing while learning. Such a refreshing approach to career coaching.
Nice book
a good book
Brilliant book. Fantastic concept. Funny and thought provoking. Also well timed for a generation of disillusioned post Covid corporate warriors.
Great book
The book is every bit as good as their advice in real life.
Excellent
I appreciate the work done!
no thanq
It’s writing Jim… love the humour and then great provocation to think about career choices.
What an inventive, fun, and thought provoking book!
Excellent piece. Well done!
This is such an incredible piece.
Great book from two knowledgeable and witty authors.
Entertaining and relevant. Excellent!
Loved this book
Wonderful reinvention of an important subject.
A delightful surprise. Career advice and authenticity masquerading as a fun, engaging tale. 10/10
Great book
Nice
thank you
nice
amazing
mindblowing
nice
❤️😀
Very nice
Novel concept and a lot of fun to read. Completely different to most business books. Good advice in here too.
very nice
Good initiative
Genuinely funny, creative, engaging story. And the embedded lessons are gentle yet profound. Loved it.
Really happy to support this book. The whole family loved it.
Fantastic.
Ingenious
Well done Helmut and David
Well done guys!
Good luck
Good luck guys!
Genuinely funny and creative story
Really a funny and creative story
Hope you win!
I really liked the book. Very deserving of making this list. Hope you guys do well. Good luck!
Brilliant. Good luck!
nice book
nice book
Good luck from us!
My favorite book of last year. Well done guys.
Well done David & Helmut
Really hope you win! Great book!
Good book
Funny and insightful. The games we play. Really well done.
Great book. Good luck!
Well done David and Helmut.
Good luck! Terrific book!
Wonderful. Fun, engaging, thoughtful.
What a great book. Funny, entertaining, and necessary. Purpose and substance over superficiality and blind ambition. Good luck from all of us!
Well done. I loved it. Genuinely funny in places I didn’t expect, but also uncomfortably accurate. Good luck!