Thirty six years ago, Richard Bolles wrote a book that changed the whole field of career planning, and became a text that has influenced generations of career planners around the world. Its simple title: What Color Is Your Parachute? Currently, nine million copies in print; the book is updated annually. In this session, against the background of the book's history and basic principles, we focus on new research about how people make radical change in their life's path, and the three steps to getting one's life out of a rut.