How to Find Fulfilling Work, Roman Krznaric
How to Find Fulfilling Work, Roman Krznaric
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How to Find Fulfilling Work

Author: Roman Krznaric

Narrator: David Thorpe

Unabridged: 3 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/23/2013

Synopsis

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.

About Roman Krznaric

Roman Krznaric is a cultural thinker and founding faculty member of The School of Life. He advises organizations including Oxfam and the United Nations on using empathy and conversation to create social change, and has been named by The Observer as one of Britain’s leading lifestyle philosophers. His works, including The Wonderbox: Curious Histories of How to Live and The First Beautiful Game: Stories of Obsession in Real Tennis, have been translated into over a dozen languages.

About David Thorpe

David Thorpe is a British actor who has narrated over one hundred audiobooks.  Some of his credits include Max Brook’s World War Z, Sam Christner’s The Stonehenge Legacy, Elizabeth Haynes’s Into the Darkest Corner, and Karen Maitland’s Company of Liars. On his various work, AudioFile magazine has praised Thorpe’s “amazing range of accents and voices:” from his “wry, almost sarcastic, tone” to his “commanding…foreboding and evil [voice] that mesmerizes listeners.”  He has recorded many of Margery Allingham’s works in addition to The School of Life series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sam

Doing what it says in the title, Roman Krznaric explores the concept of meaningful work for those who are unhappy with their 9-5 and looking to change that. And he does a pretty good job of it! Approaching his subject via a variety of disciplines, Roman frames work itself within a historical context......more

Goodreads review by بَرسا

داستایوفسکی میگه:«دردناک ترین مجازات برای انسان آن است که به یک عمر کار بی فایده و بی معنا محکوم شود.». این کتاب در واقع هم نقش پیشگیری رو داره و هم نقش درمان.پیشگیری برای کسایی مثل من که تازه کنکور دادن و میخوان راهشونو پیدا کنن و درمان برای کسایی که به نظر خودشون راه رو اشتباه رفتن و شجاعت برداشتن......more

Goodreads review by صان

کتاب خوبی بود. توی بازه‌ی کنونی، بهش نیاز داشتم. فصل اول میاد داستان آدمایی که تغییر شغل‌های بزرگ داشتن رو می‌گه که بگه مبحث طبیعی‌ای هست این قضیه. بعدش میاد فاکتورهای شغلی که می‌تونه رضایت‌بخش باشه رو می‌شمره و تحلیل‌شون می‌کند. بعد میاد موانع و ریسک‌ها و ترس‌ها و نحوه‌ی مقابله باهاشون رو می‌گه. بعد......more

Goodreads review by Angela

The lowdown: We all hate our jobs. Well, I hated my job, which is exactly why this book ended up in my handbag. That, and my adoration for The School of Life and anything connected to Alain De Botton. In How to Find Fulfilling Work, Roman Krznaric gives compact advice on how we can use our passions a......more

Goodreads review by Jo

Do you have a niggling feeling that you could be doing something amazing with your life, but you're not quite sure what that is? Do you want to change careers, but get confused by all the options? I've asked these questions many times, and was extremely happy to find a book about careers that was nei......more

Quotes

“Self-Help Books for the Rest of Us.” —The New York Times

“In an age of moral and practical confusions, the self-help book is crying out to be redesigned and rehabilitated. The School of Life announces a rebirth with a series that examines the great issues of life, including money, sanity, work, technology, and the desire to alter the world for the better.” —Alain de Botton, The School of Life Series Editor

“The School of Life offers radical ways to help us raid the treasure trove of human knowledge.” —The Independent on Sunday (London)

“This is a book that is both clever and prescriptive without being preachy: it makes you think about work in a new way, as well as offering real exercises and solutions for people who are looking for more fulfilling work.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

“An inspirational self-help book with an intellectual pedigree.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Leaving your job in search of more fulfilling opportunities is one of life's most intimidating jumps, and Roman Krznaric's How to Find Fulfilling Work is an indispensable handbook.” —Peter Holmes a Court, Australian Financial Review

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