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Eileen Berman uses two literary devices in her book, You're Fired! The first is a carefully constructed narrative about a fired executive that she uses to describe her approach to rebuilding a shattered life. The man feels a loss of identity when he is laid off, fears the reaction of his wife and becomes intensely depressed before finally consulting a psychologist. The psychologist, unfortunately, introduces Berman's second device: the Emotional House. The upshot: After getting fired, you need to rebuild your damaged Emotional House, which is constructed with the 7 C's of courage, confidence, choice, communication ... you get the picture. The metaphor quickly becomes annoying, since the points that it's used to illustrate are self-evident. Much more valuable are the self-quizzes that follow each chapter, which will certainly provide some much appreciated guidance to the recently downsized. It is primarily to this group that getabstract recommends Berman's book, although these days, it might not be a bad idea for everyone to keep a copy stashed away - just in case.

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