Breaking News: Artificial Death of a Career Wins at the 2026 Goody Business Book Awards!

We are thrilled to share some exciting news: Artificial Death of a Career has just been named a 2026 Winner at the Goody Business Book Awards in the Self-Help: Personal Transformation category!

This is a wonderful recognition and acknowledgment. It means a great deal to us for two big reasons. First, the core mission of these awards is all about lifting people up and celebrating books that make a positive impact. Second, this is a repeat win for us, following the success of our previous book, A Groundhog Career.

Led by Liz Kelly, the Goody Business Book Awards has been championing authors for over four years (since launching in 2022) and is widely recognized as one of the top six independent and small-press business book award programs.

If we are being completely honest, our reaction to winning awards is always a little complicated. We love awards. Don’t get us wrong, who doesn't? At the same time, it always brings up that familiar impostor syndrome of wondering whether we really deserve it, leaving us still not quite comfortable with the "award-winning author" moniker. More importantly,we write to help people navigate their careers, not to collect trophies. Those two things may be related, but they certainly aren't the same.

Still, as we’ve said a few times, there is no point writing books to help people professionally if nobody knows they exist.And that is where awards truly matter. They act just like a great review on Amazon or a friend tapping you on the shoulder to say, "Hey, check this book out. You might enjoy it."

All said and done, moments like this mostly remind us that the project that became Artificial Death of a Career simply wouldn't have happened without an incredible team behind it. A massive thank you goes out to Andy Baker, our illustrator; Alison Jones, our publisher; Rachel Moulton, our editor; and, most of all, all of you for reading, sharing, and supporting our work.

Now, if you'll excuse us, we’re off to figure out where to stick this shiny gold winner's badge, and to make sure the robots haven't taken our jobs while we were busy celebrating. (Spoiler: if they haven't read the book, we think we're safe for now!)

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