{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"after-the-badge","title":"After the Badge — Print Hardcover","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 14.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003eThe book as it was meant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 17.0pt; color: #c9a84c;\"\u003e to be held.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 141%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 141%; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003eWhite linen hardcover. Gold embossed typography.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 16.0pt; line-height: 141%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eThe physical edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003eAfter the Badge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003e — built to sit on a bookshelf, be handed to a colleague, or be kept as a reference through the transition itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #C9A84C 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9A84C .5pt; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 14.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #C9A84C .5pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; color: #c9a84c; text-transform: uppercase;\"\u003eWHAT’S INSIDE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003ePart One — The Crash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 133%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 133%; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eThe honeymoon has an expiration date. This section names what happens in the first weeks — the silence, the identity vacuum, and why the most accomplished executives hit this wall hardest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003ePart Two — The Friction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 133%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 133%; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eYou came home full-time to a household that already had a system. Your spouse built it while you were deployed to the agency for decades. This section addresses the collision — and what to do about it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 10.0pt 0in 4.0pt 0in;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; color: #0d1b2a;\"\u003ePart Three — The Excavation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt; line-height: 133%;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 133%; color: #3a3a3a;\"\u003eWho were you before the badge? Who are you without it? 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