How to find fulfilling work / Roman Krznaric.
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TextPublication details: New York : Picador ; [London] : School of Life, 2013.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 210 p. : ill. ; 19 cmISBN: - 1250030692 (pbk.)
- 9781250030696 (pbk.)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A practical and inspirational guide to examining your career and deciding whether it truly makes you happy--this book will show you the steps it takes to find a job that truly makes you thrive.
The desire for fulfilling work is one of the great aspirations of our age. This book reveals explores the competing claims we face for money, status, and meaning in our lives. Drawing on wisdom from a variety of disciplines, cultural thinker Roman Krznaric sets out a practical guide to negotiating the labyrinth of choices, overcoming fear of change, and finding a career in which you thrive. Overturning a century of traditional thought about career change, Krznaric reveals just what it takes to find life-enhancing work.
The School of Life is dedicated to exploring life's big questions in highly-portable paperbacks, featuring French flaps and deckle edges, that the New York Times calls "damnably cute." We don't have all the answers, but we will direct you towards a variety of useful ideas that are guaranteed to stimulate, provoke, and console.
Originally published: Great Britain : Macmillan, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references.
The age of fulfillment -- A short history of career confusion -- Giving meaning to work -- Act first, reflect later -- The longing for freedom -- How to grow a vocation.