Book · 1979 · Applications for positions
What color is your parachute?
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What Color Is Your Parachute? That helped me really understand my strengths and my goals and priorities in my career and life.
What they say about it
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The best things said about it
There's a book called What Color Is Your Parachute?
The only self-help book I ever bought. It's called and it was the first edition, What Color Is Your Parachute?
There's an old book, probably really old. I'm not even sure if you can find it anymore, but I'm more about the thesis of the book than the book. It's called What Color Is Your Parachute?
Dave Ramsey The Ramsey Show · Mar 2026 The old school 70s What Color Is Your Parachute? You know kind of college advice et cetera is that all that really matters is what's inside you.
That's when you have to like read What Color Is Your Parachute? and like do all that soul searching.
Gretchen Rubin On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Jan 2021 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles is a classic career-guidance and self-help book designed to help job seekers identify their personal strengths, priorities, and goals through structured introspection. Jean Lee recommended the book on The Pragmatic Engineer as a helpful resource for navigating career transitions and understanding personal priorities. Jimmy Carr likewise recommended the work on The Diary Of A CEO as a practical guide for self-discovery and career planning. The book's broader themes and historical impact were discussed by several other podcast guests. Tom Freston mentioned on My First Million that he read the first edition after finding himself broke at age thirty-three, noting that it aided his significant career transition. Dave Ramsey brought up the book on The Ramsey Show to emphasize its core thesis that individuals with physical or mental limitations can successfully create sustainable incomes. Jordan Harbinger referenced the text on The Jordan Harbinger Show while discussing conventional and outdated 1970s advice regarding blindly following one's career passions. Additionally, Gretchen Rubin mentioned the book on On Purpose with Jay Shetty during a discussion about career changes and undertaking necessary soul-searching, highlighting its enduring legacy as a foundational resource for professional reinvention.
Every mention
Jean Lee Anyways, it kind of depends on what your goals are, but you gave me some specific things like for your care… 1
“Anyways, it kind of depends on what your goals are, but you gave me some specific things like for your career, I think for me what was really helpful was What Color Is Your Parachute? That helped me really understand my strengths and my goals and priorities in my career and life.”
Jimmy Carr And there's a book called um What Color Is Your Parachute? They're quite corporate both of them. 1
“And there's a book called um What Color Is Your Parachute? They're quite corporate both of them.”
Dave Ramsey So, there's an old book, probably really old. I'm not even sure if you can find it anymore, but I'm more ab… 1
“So, there's an old book, probably really old. I'm not even sure if you can find it anymore, but I'm more about the thesis of the book than the book. It's called What Color Is Your Parachute? And the book had in it a ton of stories of people who were overcomers who created incomes in spite of physical and”
Gretchen Rubin That's when you have to like read What Color Is Your Parachute? and like do all that soul searching. 1
“That's when you have to like read What Color Is Your Parachute? and like do all that soul searching.”
Jordan Harbinger So the presumption which is kind of the old school 70s what color is your parachute you know kind of colleg… 1
“So the presumption which is kind of the old school 70s what color is your parachute you know kind of college advice et cetera is that all that really matters is what's inside you”
Tom Freston Weiss, I heard that you read a book. Yes, I bought a book. The only self-help book I ever bought. It's call… 1
“Weiss, I heard that you read a book. Yes, I bought a book. The only self-help book I ever bought. It's called and it was the first edition, What Color Is Your Parachute?”
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Honestly, if I were to tell you to go buy what color is my parachute or something, you might glean something from that. But I feel like in very dynamic times...”
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“there's a book called um what color is your parachute which I read at the time”
“those are solid standard suggestions that go back to what color is your parachute to add to the examples given for younger workers in the tech field”