Find Your Inner Rebel
Use the Power of Resistance and Resilience to Fuel Your Career Reinvention
I wrote this for you if you’re mid-career and stuck — uncertain if your current job is still the right fit, recovering from a layoff, or nodding along while silently panicking. Maybe you’re ready to do something completely different. Use it to make your next bold decision.
But you should know that this book is not an instruction manual. It’s a credo. The difference matters. A credo tells you how to think—how to fight. After punching three decades in Silicon Valley, here is my formula:
Resistance + Resilience = Reinvention
That’s it. That’s all I got. You may as well skip the rest.
Ah, but then you’ll miss the punk rock—the movement that sparked a cultural revolution. Bands like The Clash gave us songs about defying the status quo, absorbing the blows of adversity, and making something out of nothing. Turns out that describes the only strategy that works over the long haul.
You don’t advance through your career by playing it safe or asking for permission. You do it by refusing to conform (resistance), surviving the fallout (resilience), and building upon every experience (reinvention).
My conspiracy board mind connects more consequential, cooler people than me — and my own snarky career tales — to your new Three Rs. And yes, there’s psychology, sociology, and science-y stuff to back it all up, too.
Part 1 – Resistance: Themes of identity, rejection of norms, and defiance of the status quo. I’ll show you how your interests can guide your direction, how to rely on yourself, and how to be deliberate in setting long-term goals.
Part 2 – Resilience: Topics around overcoming adversity, being adaptable, and holding the line under pressure. I’ll give you strategies for leaning on yourself and others, regulating emotions, and having a flexible mind to envision multiple pathways to define success.
Part 3 – Reinvention: I’ll bring it all together, demonstrating how the combination of resistance and resilience fuels reinvention. It’s the formula for transformation that enables you to build something new. This comes with a heavy dose of optimism; the belief that you can do more, be more.
The book launches Summer 2026.
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About the Author:
Kevin Flores has been reinventing himself for over three decades in Silicon Valley. Early on, he co-founded a successful design and technology services agency that pivoted to venture-backed software development. He continued to gain insights and experience in entrepreneurship through his involvement in multiple startups, including a second one as a co-founder. Kevin then built and led product and design teams at Verizon, 23andMe, and LinkedIn.
Along the way, his work was recognized with industry awards and published in books on interface design; he co-authored more than twenty technology patents; and he worked for a pop star. Today, Kevin continues to serve as a consultant, mentor, coach, and speaker.
Kevin is the author of Find Your Inner Rebel: Use the Power of Resistance and Resilience to Fuel Your Career Reinvention and coauthor of Design Career Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Get a Job and Be Successful with his wife and partner-in-crime, Jeanine Flores.