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Is Your Work Worth It?: How to Think about Meaningful Work

Is Your Work Worth It?: How to Think about Meaningful Work - Hardcover

by Christopher Wong Michaelson, Jennifer Tosti-Kharas
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Availability:In StockContributor:Christopher Wong Michaelson, Jennifer Tosti-KharasPublish date:2024-05-07Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:PublicAffairsISBN-13:9781541703407ISBN-10:1541703405UPC:9781541703407Book Category:Business & Economics, Psychology, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Personal Success, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, SocialSize:9.60 x 6.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC5RWEA37W

What is work that's worth doing in a life worth living? A revealing exploration of the questions we ask and the stories we tell about our work.

According to recent studies, barely a third of American workers feel "engaged" at work, and for many people around the world, happiness is lowest when earning power is highest. After a global pandemic that changed why, how, and what people do for a living, many workers find themselves wondering what makes their daily routine worthwhile.

In Is Your Work Worth It?, two professors - a philosopher and organizational psychologist - investigate the purpose of work and its value in our lives. The book explores vital questions, such as:
  • Should you work for love or money?
  • When and how much should you work?
  • What would make life worth living in a world without work?
  • What kind of mark will your work leave on the world?

This essential book combines inspiring and harrowing stories of real people with recent scholarship, ancient wisdom, arts, and literature to help us clarify what worthy work looks like, what tradeoffs are acceptable to pursue it, and what our work can contribute to society.

Language:EnglishPublisher:PublicAffairsISBN-13:9781541703407ISBN-10:1541703405UPC:9781541703407Book Category:Business & Economics, Psychology, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Personal Success, Industrial & Organizational Psychology, SocialSize:9.60 x 6.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC5RWEA37W
Christopher Wong Michaelson is a philosopher with 25 years of experience advising business leaders pursuing meaning and providing work with a purpose. He is the Opus Distinguished Professor and Academic Director of the Melrose and The Toro Company Center for Principled Leadership at the University of St. Thomas and on the Business and Society faculty at NYU's Stern School of Business. Christopher lives in Minneapolis with his wife, three kids, and two dogs.

Jennifer Tosti-Kharas is the Camilla Latino Spinelli Endowed Term Chair and Professor of Management at Babson College. She teaches, researches, and coaches others about what it means to craft a meaningful career, and appreciate the risks and rewards of work as a calling. Jen lives outside Boston with her husband and two kids.
Publisher: PublicAffairs

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