Ten Permissions

A playbook for navigating adulthood in the chaos of the 21st century

We need a new approach to being an adult in the 21st century. The old formulas for success no longer add up. Yesterday's rules no longer apply. The world has transformed over the years, yet our success stories remain stuck in place. It's easy to feel overwhelmed and anxious, unsure of what life path you're allowed to take and what choices you're supposed to make.

It's time to give yourself permission to create a life that takes advantage of the possibility of this beautifully chaotic world--to design a life rather than default to the expected. The Ten Permissions offers ten specific ways to let go of outdated expectations and

- consciously create a more fluid portfolio life;

- redefine success in terms that make sense to you;

- allow yourself to learn, adapt, and evolve in ways that are unique to you.

As a global change facilitator and international aid veteran, Jillian Reilly encourages you to intentionally make new choices about your life in a world that is rapidly changing and imagine the kind of world you want to be a part of creating.

Jillian Reilly is a founder, writer, public speaker, and consultant who spent her thirty-year career working in social, organizational, and individual change across Africa, Asia, and Central Europe. Over the course of her career, she worked at both the grassroots and corporate levels, facilitating planning meetings under shady trees and in air-conditioned boardrooms, helping multinational charities design multimillion-dollar projects, and assisting community groups in planning their hundred-dollar budgets. In other words, she has just about "seen it all" in the aid industry. Jillian's first book, Shame: Confessions of An Aid Worker in Africa, chronicles her early career in international aid and the hard lessons it taught her about making change