Create an e-book cover for "Embark: Navigating The Perilous Path Of Career Reinvention"

Ryan Clements - Author

I am an author. I am publishing my second book (an e-book) and I need a cover designed for the book. The book is about "career reinvention" and is targeted to people who change their careers mid-life.

The title of the book is:

Embark: Navigating The Perilous Path Of Career Reinvention

I want the design cover to highlight the concepts that my book will convey in a simple, clean, minimalistic fashion:

Here, in essence, is what my book covers:

1. The process of career reinvention is a journey that takes courage, commitment and perseverance. It isn't easy, and it doesn't happen quickly.

2. Along the way you might have to correct some disempowering inner "stories", belief systems, and excuses that you tell yourself

3. You will meet with resistance (both internal and external) along the way (hence the "perilous" description in the subtitle)

4. Your ability to succeed will largely depend on your ability to develop empowering believes and habits

Here is the "table of contents" from the book (this may help in the giving more context for the design process). This shows all the chapters and the sub-chapters.

Introduction 4

Part One: Identifying The Crisis 6
Is This Really A Career Crisis? 6
Do You Push, Or Are You Pulled In Your Current Career? 11
The Pendulum Of Career Fulfillment 15
Will You Risk Failure and Live With No Regrets? 18
Money Is A Terrible Way To Keep Score In Life 20

Part Two: Beliefs, Excuses and Your Authentic Self 24
Stories and the Power of Belief 24
The Limitations That Only Exist In Our Mind 28
What Happens On The Inside 32
The Excuses That Hold Us Back From Successful Reinvention 34
How To Eliminate The Entitlement Mentality 37
The Real Cost Of What You Want 41
Finding Your Authentic Sphere Of Greatness 47
You Get To Choose Your Own Adventure 50

Part Three: Navigating The Transition Process 55
This Time Is Has To Be About Value Alignment 55
Essential Keys You Must Pay Attention To Going Forward 55
How To Manage Any Career Transition Anxiety 57
This Time Choose A Process Driven Approach 63
Don’t Wait To Get Picked 69
Doing What You Love Can Be Terrible Advice 73
Why Long Term Planning Can Hurt Your Career 76
Sometimes It’s Necessary To Burn The Ship 82
How To Instantly Cure Your Fear Of Failure 84
How To Test Your Business Idea Before You Quit Your Job 90
The Ten Steps To Career Reinvention 93

Part Four: Commitment, Mastery And Professionalism 98
Learning The Art Of Self Validation 98
Finding Flow 104
Making Habits Stick 110
Identify The Critical Actions And Never Break The Chain 113
Creating Personal Operating Systems 116
Finding Mentors 121
Forever Education and Downtime University 127
Developing Grit 131
Become A Doozer 136
The Game Of Numbers 139
Transform Your Career With This Powerful Ancient Advice 142
Just Start: Tomorrow Is Always More Difficult Than Today 146
Conclusion 148

I like simple designs that center around compelling images. I want the book cover to evoke emotion when people see it - I want them to "want to read it" because of the image. I want the cover to really tell the story of the title and the cover page.

Title:

Embark: Navigating The Perilous Path Of Career Reinvention