Love your job : the new rules of career happiness

"Yes, it is possible to have a job you love, and it doesn't require starting from scratch. Love Your Job is a guide to making work fulfilling and fun again, or even for the first time. Why count down the hours of the day or the days to retirement when you could reinvigorate your workday, transforming the daily doldrums into a daily dose of enjoyable activity? Kerry Hannon, The New York Times columnist and AARP's Jobs Expert, focuses on the little things that can make a big difference in how we feel about work. Love Your Job is all about the routines, habits, and thought patterns that, over the years, may have turned a dream job into a drudge or, worse, a nightmare. Changing these habits and attitudes is simple, and this book shows you how to identify the little things that make work enjoyable and engaging."-- Read more... Abstract: AWARDS: Independent Publisher Book Award 2015 (Silver) and National Mature Media Award 2015 (Bronze) Step-by-step tips for revitalizing your career Yes, it is possible to have a job you love, and it doesn't require starting from scratch. Read more... Content: Love Your Job Contents Introduction: What My Dog Taught Me about Loving My Job Chapter 1 Curing the Workplace Blues Should You Switch Careers? Chin Up! Take It Up a Notch Loving Your Job The "HOVER" Approach Get a Grip How to Use This Book Chapter 2 Creating the Blueprint for Your Dream Job Map Your Future Your Past Isn't Prologue Nothing Is Forever Look at the Big Picture What Would Make You Love Your Job? What Are Your Work Goals? Adopt New Ways to Envision Your Career Chapter Recap Chapter 3 Do an MRI on Your Work and Your Life Create Your Job "Budget" Sheet What Does Your Work Really Mean To You?Write in Your Journal Every Day for a Week Is Your Pay What's Really Bothering You? A Can-Do Philosophy Consider Taking a Self-Assessment Test Get Ready to Love Your Job Chapter Recap Chapter 4 Refresh Your Attitude: The Keystone to Your Love Your Job Action Plan Attitude Adjustment Create Your Own Purpose Write It Down A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words Build a Bear Practice HOVERing Mental Games Adjusting Your Attitude What to Do If You're Bullied at Work Step Right Up and Enroll in My Three-Step Fitness Program Part I: Get in Shape FinanciallyPart II: Get Physically Fit Part III: Seek Spiritual Fitness Chapter Recap Chapter 5 Beyond the Job Description Take Time for Renewal Volunteering and Mentoring Do Volunteer Work Be a Mentor or Sponsor Find Your Own Mentor or Sponsor Adding Value to Your Job Take Control of Your Time Cut Back on Interruptions Learn to Delegate Stop Stalling Get Involved in "Extracurricular" Activities Chapter Recap Chapter 6 How to Build Flexibility into Your Job Work Flexibility and Happiness A Myriad of Flextime Options How Is Flextime Working? Stay EducatedHit the Road Getting Over the Hurdles Get Someone Else to Pay Search Out Affordable Options Take an Educational Sabbatical Chapter Recap Chapter 8 How to Have the "What's Next?" Talk with Your Boss The Time Is Now Questions to Ask Yourself before the Big Meeting Your Plan-and-Prepare Strategy Step 1: What's in It for Them? Step 2: Play Your Cards Close to the Vest Step 3: Talk to Colleagues Who Have Made Similar Changes Step 4: Tweak Your Elevator Speech Step 5. Schedule a Formal Meeting with Your Boss Step 6: Make Some Noise Carrying Out the "Ask"

AWARDS: Independent Publisher Book Award 2015 (Silver) and National Mature Media Award 2015 (Bronze) Step-by-step tips for revitalizing your career

Yes, it is possible to have a job you love, and it doesn't require starting from scratch. Love Your Job is a guide to making work fulfilling and fun — again, or even for the first time. Why count down the hours of the day or the days to retirement when you could reinvigorate your workday, transforming the daily doldrums into a daily dose of enjoyable activity? Kerry Hannon, The New York Times columnist and AARP's Jobs Expert, focuses on the little things that can make a big difference in how we feel about work.

Love Your Job is all about the routines, habits, and thought patterns that, over the years, may have turned a dream job into a drudge or, worse, a nightmare. Changing these habits and attitudes is simple, and this book shows you how to identify the little things that make work enjoyable and engaging. Using these simple techniques, you can adopt the attitude that will keep you happy and that might just lead to bigger and better things, no matter what stage of your career you are in. In this book, you will learn to:

• Develop new habits that bring more purpose into every single workday
• Rekindle your hope and motivation by celebrating small successes
• Recognize negative patterns that keep you from enjoying your job
• Craft an entrepreneurial attitude that will get you noticed and enrich your work life

We all deserve to experience happiness and satisfaction every day, at every stage of our careers. Kerry Hannon explains that you don't have to make a huge career transition to love work again. But if you reinvent the way you see work, who knows where your new outlook will lead? Wake up to the countless possibilities that await you with Love Your Job.

AWARDS: Independent Publisher Book Award 2015 (Silver) and National Mature Media Award 2015 (Bronze) Step-by-step tips for revitalizing your career Yes, it is possible to have a job you love, and it doesn't require starting from scratch. Love Your Job is a guide to making work fulfilling and fun — again, or even for the first time. Why count down the hours of the day or the days to retirement when you could reinvigorate your workday, transforming the daily doldrums into a daily dose of enjoyable activity? Kerry Hannon, The New York Times columnist and AARP's Jobs Expert, focuses on the little things that can make a big difference in how we feel about work. Love Your Job is all about the routines, habits, and thought patterns that, over the years, may have turned a dream job into a drudge or, worse, a nightmare. Changing these habits and attitudes is simple, and this book shows you how to identify the little things that make work enjoyable and engaging. Using these simple techniques, you can adopt the attitude that will keep you happy and that might just lead to bigger and better things, no matter what stage of your career you are in. In this book, you will learn to: Develop new habits that bring more purpose into every single workday Rekindle your hope and motivation by celebrating small successes Recognize negative patterns that keep you from enjoying your job Craft an entrepreneurial attitude that will get you noticed and enrich your work life We all deserve to experience happiness and satisfaction every day, at every stage of our careers. Kerry Hannon explains that you don't have to make a huge career transition to love work again. But if you reinvent the way you see work, who knows where your new outlook will lead? Wake up to the countless possibilities that await you with Love Your Job . "Yes, it is possible to have a job you love, and it doesn't require starting from scratch. Love Your Job is a guide to making work fulfilling and fun again, or even for the first time. Why count down the hours of the day or the days to retirement when you could reinvigorate your workday, transforming the daily doldrums into a daily dose of enjoyable activity? Kerry Hannon, The New York Times columnist and AARP's Jobs Expert, focuses on the little things that can make a big difference in how we feel about work. Love Your Job is all about the routines, habits, and thought patterns that, over the years, may have turned a dream job into a drudge or, worse, a nightmare. Changing these habits and attitudes is simple, and this book shows you how to identify the little things that make work enjoyable and engaging."-- Portion of summary from book Introduction: what my dog taught me about loving my job Curing the workplace blues Creating the blueprint for your dream job Do an MRI on your work and your life Refresh your attitude : the keystone to your love your job action plan Beyond the job description How to build flexibility into your job How to upgrade your game How to have the "what's next?" talk with your boss. A New York Times Columnist And Aarp's Jobs Expert Describes How To Turn Your Daily Grind Back Into Your Dream Job Through Developing New Habits That Give Purpose To Your Workday, Recognizing And Changing Negative Patterns And Celebrating Small Successes. Original.