Reviews and Comments

Luck Is No Accident

Making the Most of Happenstance
in Your Life and Career

John D. Krumboltz, Ph.D.
and Al S. Levin, Ed.D.

"I recently read Luck Is No Accident. This book has warped (in a good way) my perception of career counseling like no other book. The book is simply amazing! Thank you for writing such an insightful, well thought out and practical book!!"

— Brian M. Montalvo, M.S., Ed.S., NCC
Assistant Director
Career Development Center
Florida Atlantic University

“This innovative, highly adaptable guide will surprise you as it sparks a sense of adventure and reaffirms your optimism about the future."

— Joint Forces Journal

“…a practical guide to adapting to (life’s) many twists and turns…This book celebrates unpredictability and teaches us to love it and live happily with life’s ‘surprises’… that adaptations to the unexpected, the willingness to risk, and the resilience after failure are at the core of every successful career. The many inspiring stories and principles in this book show that our lives are totally unpredictable, yet, paradoxically, within our control, when we take advantage of unforeseen encounters and events.”

-- Howard Figler
Co-author, The Career Counselor’s Handbook
Author, The Complete Job-Search Handbook

“I once wrote that most of my best research ideas came about simply ‘because I happened to be at the right place at the right time.’ This book points out that more than dumb luck may have been involved; Krumboltz & Levin show how successful people often are adept at putting themselves in the right place at the right time -- and then follow through by behaving in ways that take full advantage of that initial good fortune.”

-- Elliott Aronson
Author, The Social Animal and The Jigsaw Classroom

“Share this great little book with a teen, a colleague, or a friend who seems not entirely happy in his/her career, or read it yourself -- you may be surprised.”

-- Colorado Libraries
Summer 2005

"... a valuable tool for people at any stage of life, and especially for students about to graduate and look for a job in this dismal job market. A perfect gift book."

— Online review by Bonnie Neely
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