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The book has some great common sense approaches and is full of good advice. The CD is convenient to pop into the car player on the way to the job interview as a review.

Thanks Mr. McCormick for your suggestions. My confidence level is soaring because of them.

Prior to using this book, my job search was disorganized and sporadic in its focus and I was having little luck in even gaining an interview. This book assisted me in developing a strategic approach to my job search, ensuring that I focused on the right opportunities and maximized my efforts on the most promising positions. Since utilizing this tool, I have been offered greater opportunities and more interviews.

I highly recommend Knock 3 Times as an excellent tool for job searchers, it provides extra tools such as a CD, checklists, templates and newsletters that can give a job seeker an extra advantage over the competition.

"Knock 3 Times" made it possible to get my new position
in a very tight job market. The book made sure I was
organized and focused. Most important, its guidance
gave me a productive and logical structure in which I
could work, along with an emphasis on the positives
of my situation and what I had to offer -- which kept
me motivated and upbeat.

Talking with friends who were starting at the same
time showed me I was getting more exposure as a
result -- and more interviews than anyone else.

"Knock 3 Times" certainly worked for me -- and in
a short period of time -- and I recommend it to any
person looking for a job or seeking a career change.

Robert L. Casanova, CPA

At one point in time or another, we've each fallen victim to the seductiveness of "always on" technology. Believing the myth of "I'll only check e-mail for 5 minutes" or "I'll check my voice mail - it will probably only take a second" has lead many of us to the almost unconscious, unnoticeable state of "always on duty". How did it happen? How can we revert back?

"Turn It Off" helps - a great deal! It is practical, the approach is definitely instructive, and the reader is given much to think about when analyzing their personal and professional circumstances. Approaching our time off with as much care as we devote to our business reminds us to cherish it as the valued and valuable commodity it is.

The author has done an admirable job of positioning the trends that we all must respond to as managers, employees and most importantly, people. We live and work in tumultuous times... "Turn It Off" captures our dilemma - and our opportunity to regain control - most effectively.

All these technological marvels are wonderful, except that they keep us so tethered to our work. We can no longer easily separate the workplace from the rest of our lives. With these connections, every place is the workplace. Result: burnout, severely reduced family and personal time, and shallow relationships with friends and family. We've been trapped in a world that expects instant response 24 hours a day, 7 days a week . . . if we allow it. And most of us do. But we don't have to!

Gil Gordon, an expert in telecommuting and virtual offices, shows us how to regain our freedom, privacy, space . . . to get a life. The book is organized into nine chapters, starting with How Did We Become So Attached to Our Offices. Get ready-in chapter 2, you'll learn How to Find Out if You've Gone over the Line. The balance of the book is page after page of techniques, based on Gordon's three zones of life management. Chapter 6 is critical: How to Approach, Inform, and Get Support from Your Boss, Clients, or Co-Workers. I bet you'll take notes on this chapter! Don't think you can do it all? Chapter 9 covers What to Do if You Just Can't "Turn It Off."

An important point: Gordon doesn't tell you exactly what to do. He just shows you the path. It's up to the reader to determine how far to go, when, and why. Turn It Off gives you the blueprint, the skeleton design, the concept. It's up to you to use it in the way that will be best for you and your life. No, you can't borrow my copy-I've marked it up-lots of fill-in worksheets. And I want to keep this book.

Turn It Off came at a perfect time in my life. I had reached that point where I really wanted to break free of the bonds of total connection. While my desire was there, I needed just a little bit of moral support and perhaps something to call my feeling. Turn it off! Yes! I read the book. I paid attention. I followed Gordon's suggestions to re-think my life. I made some major changes that feel wonderful already! Now I have to discipline myself to stick with it. I think I'll put Turn It Off in my tickler file for three months from now as a reminder to check my progress. Thanks, Gil Gordon--I now have a life again!

I set up a new factory using this book and reach proforma faster than I could believe.