“I read Lucia’s book having just been made redundant from a company I’d worked in for almost two decades. Before I opened X Change, I didn’t even realise I needed to redefine my career. I was intending to find mirror-image job in a mirror-image firm. Then I read the first story. I was hooked. I read the second and started to really think.

Each story oozes with different personalities. Every account is inspiring, but none of the challenges and struggles that were faced along the way have been hidden or sugar-coated. As I turned the pages, I read nuggets of motivation that came together in the realisation of a new purpose for working-me. That feels exciting and liberating, and I can’t wait to get started! ”

“X Change has been a truly refreshing read, after all the books on titans, gurus and billionaires!  A tiny, but powerful book based upon quite ordinary people. People who have had the courage to significantly change their careers whilst approaching midlife. ”

“Lucia Knight is to career happiness what Brene Brown is to banishing guilt and shame. She has unlocked the secrets to career happiness in her ground breaking book. A glorious balance of real life stories and practical advice, X Change will ensure you don’t waste another minute of your precious life.”

“We only get one go at this thing called life and none of us are coming out of it alive! Lucia has captured the essence of today’s working environment, mixing it with true stories of individuals who have reshaped their careers, in order to make sure they are striving to make each day as purposeful and rewarding as possible.”

“A beautifully crafted little book that will stir the secret sauce in any hardened corporate Gen X’er who has thought, or is thinking, ‘Is this it?”

“A refreshing, non-corporate book, packed full of real and inspiring stories about fulfilling career change and the precious secrets learned along the way. A must-read for any midlifer starting to wonder whether the time is right to do something different.”

“Delivered in a refreshingly approachable style, X Change is great reading for anyone wondering if it might be time for a change.
It’s good to see so much depth and substance on a topic that doesn’t get enough coverage.”

“X Change is a reminder to all of us that, while we might be successful, when we focus our skills on the requirements of the job, the magic really happens…when we focus those skills on our passions, combining them with our career…wow, magic happens on a whole new level!”

“This book gives hope to those who are stuck and don’t know where to begin.

And for those like me, who are on their second transformation, it helps us sit back and ask ourselves questions to make sure we can carry on doing what we are doing for the next twenty years without feeling trapped - even in our dreams.”

“X Change crams in dozens of examples of people succeeding in traditional careers but wanting more. I found myself reading through them easily and lightly, due to Lucia’s inventive way of personalising each story. And then she pulls out the nine secrets the stories share in a way that makes sense, and helps us to consciously think about our own paths with practical actions that focus on next steps.”

“What’s genius about this book…it’s full of normal people doing extraordinary things.

It reminded me that we all have the choice to make our lives whatever we want them to be.”

“A must-read for those who feel stuck in a career that is sucking the joy from their lives. Lucia retells the career transformation stories in a creative, imaginative way, with the addition of beautiful illustrations, making X Change not only a useful guide book but also a pleasure to experience.”