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Jane Pauley

Författare till Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue

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Margaret Jane Pauley is better known as the American journalist, "Jane Pauley." She was born in Indianapolis on October 31, 1950, and attended Indiana University. Pauley has been involved in news reporting since 1975. She is best known for her 13-year tenure on NBC's Today program, followed by 12 visa mer years as co-host of Dateline NBC. Pauley began her anchor career after graduation from college at WISH in Indianapolis. She rose to prominence as a symbol for professional women journalists and was the second female anchor, after Barbara Walters, on NBC Nightly News. Pauley also hosted her own show called, Real Life with Jane Pauley. In 2004, she returned to television as host of The Jane Pauley Show, a syndicated daytime talk show lasted for one season. On the show, she discussed her bipolar disorder at length, this coincided with the release of her autobiography, Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue. In 2014, she released her next book: Your Life Calling. Pauley is married to Gary Trudeau, the Doonesbury cartoonist. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

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Pauley, Margaret Jane
Födelsedag
1950-10-31
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Utbildning
Indiana University
Yrken
journalist
Relationer
Trudeau, Garry (husband)
Organisationer
NBC

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I enjoyed the book though I did get confused at times because of her non-chronological style.
 
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JenniferRobb | 4 andra recensioner | Jan 17, 2016 |
I never looked toward my later years as “retirement” – I bristle at the word. Instead, I looked forward to the day when I could work fewer hours, accept less pay and do more satisfying work. I thought that day would be 10 years in the future. I wasn’t planning on the company I worked for closing their doors leaving me unemployed. A disaster or an opportunity? I wasn’t sure. This book came along at the right time for me.

I now believe it’s never too late to reinvent yourself. The problem is momentum – we tend to keep doing whatever we are doing because change can be unsettling or impractical. As a member of the baby boom generation, and one who had the same career for 20 years, I am the target market for this book, a series of inspiration stories. These are people who accepted the challenge to change their careers after many years of working in a field that was not giving them the satisfaction they needed.

This is not a self-help book. It doesn’t tell you how to change but instead inspires you to look beyond what you are doing now. What did you love to do? Your passions, your hobbies? Sometimes it takes the first half of your life to realize what you really have a passion for and when you do it, it will not feel like working.

She acknowledges that not everyone will be able to quit their job at age 55 and reinvent themselves. Many of the people she writes about are already retired or had sufficient income to retire early. But some found themselves in the position I’m in – lost a job but didn’t want to go back to the same career – and were able to make the change. I’m still working on it, but I know it’s possible. Whatever your situation, these stories will inspire you to look forward to the day you can change your life to one with more balance and fulfillment.

At times we all need a little inspiration and encouragement to help us realize that what seems like an impossible goal is something we can achieve. A good read even for those who have not yet reached 50 – you’ll be getting there soon enough.

Audio production:
I listened to the CDs in my car over the span of a few weeks. As this book is a series of stories, it is the perfect book to listen to in bits and pieces. Jane Pauley was the obvious choice as the narrator and does not disappoint. Even if I were reading the print version I would be hearing her voice in my head. The audio version would be a good choice for people who don’t often listen to books and want to try out the format. The short, engaging stories don’t require heavy concentration and it’s easy to regain focus if your mind wanders for a moment.
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UnderMyAppleTree | Mar 7, 2014 |
I was hoping for more depth, but perhaps this style of memoir didn't lend itself to deeper meaning. It seemed that Ms. Pauley never found the answers to her questions.
 
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clghansen | 4 andra recensioner | Feb 28, 2012 |
I'll be honest. I had Jane confused with Katie Couric when I picked up this book, but I'm certainly glad I got it. I was never a watcher or fan of Jane Pauley during her NBC years, mostly I suppose because I was always at work when she aired on the morning show. I did see a few of her Dateline shows probably, but don't remember much about them. But I was hooked from the first page of the first chapter. "The room was nice." Nice is a word my folks always used, a very "midwestern" word, perhaps - bland and hard to argue with. Yes, Jane is so obviously a midwesterner. Her Indiana upbringing rang a lot of bells with me and my Michigan childhood. SKYWRITING surprised me with its insight and absolute honesty. I believed her when she told how her phenomenal success just happened to her, that she never really aimed for or aspired to that level - it just came "out of the blue," as her subtitle indicates. Of course, I don't think her apple-pie good looks or natural charm hurt her any either. She just happened to come along at a time when network TV news was just discovering the value of a gorgeous women - "eye candy" for the news consumer. Look at today's morning major network news shows, with babes like Ann Curry, Meredith Viera, Diane Sawyer, etc. And the same is true on cable networks - more beautiful girls/women than I can remember or name. But perhaps the most interesting and compelling aspect of Jane's story is her treatment of her struggle with bipolar disorder. I noticed some of the book's readers complain that she doesn't go into enough detail on that aspect of her life and career. I will chalk that up to modesty and a sincere wish not to hold her family up to microscopic examination. (There is bipolarism in my family and I know it can be very difficult to deal with and is a delicate subject to talk about.) Since I haven't followed Pauley's career that closely, I'm not sure if her daytime talk show is even on anymore, but I don't think it is, because my wife watches so many of those shows, and I don't think Jane's is one of them. So maybe that "new career move" she talks about toward the end of the book didn't pan out. So what. I'm confident that Jane handled it. She's got class, this woman. I read this book through in just two sittings, so it must be "compelling" reading. Good job, Jane, and I wish you all the best in your life.… (mer)
 
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TimBazzett | 4 andra recensioner | Apr 6, 2010 |

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ISBN
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