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Author | : Erin Cech |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2021-11-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520972694 |
Probing the ominous side of career advice to "follow your passion," this data-driven study explains how the passion principle fails us and perpetuates inequality by class, gender, and race; and it suggests how we can reconfigure our relationships to paid work. "Follow your passion" is a popular mantra for career decision-making in the United States. Passion-seeking seems like a promising path for avoiding the potential drudgery of a life of paid work, but this "passion principle"—seductive as it is—does not universally translate. The Trouble with Passion reveals the significant downside of the passion principle: the concept helps culturally legitimize and reproduce an exploited, overworked white-collar labor force and broadly serves to reinforce class, race, and gender segregation and inequality. Grounding her investigation in the paradoxical tensions between capitalism's demand for ideal workers and our cultural expectations for self-expression, sociologist Erin A. Cech draws on interviews that follow students from college into the workforce, surveys of US workers, and experimental data to explain why the passion principle is such an attractive, if deceptive, career decision-making mantra, particularly for the college educated. Passion-seeking presumes middle-class safety nets and springboards and penalizes first-generation and working-class young adults who seek passion without them. The ripple effects of this mantra undermine the promise of college as a tool for social and economic mobility. The passion principle also feeds into a culture of overwork, encouraging white-collar workers to tolerate precarious employment and gladly sacrifice time, money, and leisure for work they are passionate about. And potential employers covet, but won't compensate, passion among job applicants. This book asks, What does it take to center passion in career decisions? Who gets ahead and who gets left behind by passion-seeking? The Trouble with Passion calls for citizens, educators, college administrators, and industry leaders to reconsider how we think about good jobs and, by extension, good lives.
Author | : Cal Newport |
Publisher | : Grand Central Publishing |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2012-09-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1455509108 |
In an unorthodox approach, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers. Not only are pre-existing passions rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work, but a focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers. Cal reveals that matching your job to a pre-existing passion does not matter. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it. With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love, and will change the way you think about careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.
Author | : Bob Caporale |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2015-08-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0071850120 |
A unique, inspiring guide to building business strategy from the president of Sequent Learning Network A key element of a successful business strategy is originality, which can only be fueled by creativity and intuition. Many business leaders are taught to develop strategies by analyzing case study after case study of other companies’ already implemented strategies, and using those studies as a framework for developing their own strategic plans. However, in order to develop truly great strategies, business leaders must learn to tap into their own creative process and develop actionable strategies based on their intuition and instincts. Creative Strategy Generation is a step-by-step guide to creating truly original and successful business strategies by tapping into one’s own creative potential. Modeled on Sequent Learning Network’s popular strategy building consultation program, the book uses compelling stories and examples drawn from music composition to show you how to produce your own “strategic masterpieces.”
Author | : Farnoosh Torabi |
Publisher | : FT Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2011-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0132888092 |
This is the eBook version of the printed book. This is the paperback edition of "Psych Yourself Rich: Get the Mindset and Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life." Personal expert and media star shows how to develop the mindset, discipline, and attitude to become financially secure without fear or anxiety. Farnoosh Torabi combines money smarts with real attitude! She shows you how to build a healthier relationship with money... map a plan based on what you care about... and get on track and stay there! As seen on the NBC "TODAY Show, Live! With Regis and Kelly," "MSNBC Dayside with Chris Jansing," and in "US News and World Report" and the "Chicago"" Tribune." Named one of Library Journal's Best Business Books of 2010.
Author | : Sarah Jaffe |
Publisher | : Bold Type Books |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2021-01-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1568589387 |
A deeply-reported examination of why "doing what you love" is a recipe for exploitation, creating a new tyranny of work in which we cheerily acquiesce to doing jobs that take over our lives. You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Whether it's working for "exposure" and "experience," or enduring poor treatment in the name of "being part of the family," all employees are pushed to make sacrifices for the privilege of being able to do what we love. In Work Won't Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements, examines this "labor of love" myth—the idea that certain work is not really work, and therefore should be done out of passion instead of pay. Told through the lives and experiences of workers in various industries—from the unpaid intern, to the overworked teacher, to the nonprofit worker and even the professional athlete—Jaffe reveals how all of us have been tricked into buying into a new tyranny of work. As Jaffe argues, understanding the trap of the labor of love will empower us to work less and demand what our work is worth. And once freed from those binds, we can finally figure out what actually gives us joy, pleasure, and satisfaction.
Author | : Daniel DiPiazza |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Entrepreneurship |
ISBN | : 0143129384 |
"As the founder of Rich20something.com, Daniel DiPiazza has helped thousands break out of their daily grinds, build businesses they care about, and achieve more sucsess than they ever imagined" --Back cover.
Author | : Srinivas Rao |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2018-08-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 110198175X |
The creator of the Unmistakable Creative podcast makes a counterintuitive argument: By focusing your creative work on pleasing yourself, you can increase your productivity, happiness, and (eventually, paradoxically) the size of your audience. Creating for your own pleasure--whether you're writing a novel, composing songs, or painting a landscape--can seem pointless. It's tempting to focus on pursuing money and fame, rather than the process itself. But as Srini Rao warns, creating then turns into a chore that can harm your self-esteem and suck the pleasure out of life, rather than being a source of joy. Rao, host of the podcast The Unmistakable Creative, argues that we should counter this thinking by intentionally creating art for ourselves alone--an audience of one. In this book he shares the fascinating true stories of creatives who took this path, along with actionable tips and the research of creativity experts. You'll learn, for example: How Oprah's intentional focus on her own work rather than the opinions of everyone else catapulted her into one of the most popular talk shows of all time. How being process-driven can not only help you produce more work, but can make you happier outside of your creative time. How to put together a creative "team of rivals" whose feedback can help you hone your craft and filter out useless feedback. By playing to an audience of one, we can find more happiness, increased productivity, and a greater sense of community.
Author | : Lokesh Joshi |
Publisher | : Notion Press |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2022-05-06 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : |
We all are born creative; we just have to challenge the status quo to believe in ourselves that we can also create an impact on the world around us. When you follow your passion, you start transforming the world around you. Once you connect creativity and innovation with your passion, you are elevated to higher grounds. It brings a paradigm shift in your thought process to motivate you to follow your dreams. This book takes you through a journey where you will learn how to connect your passion with creativity and innovation. Let’s find our purpose and follow it for life.
Author | : Joshua Becker |
Publisher | : Group Publishing (Company) |
Total Pages | : 107 |
Release | : 2012-08-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780764486609 |
"In Living with less, Joshua will guide you through biblical teachings on possessions and his own personal experience with minimalism--living with only the essential ... This book will challenge you to spend your hours, energy, and resources in ways that draw you closer to the heart of Jesus."--Page 4 of cover.
Author | : Farnoosh Torabi |
Publisher | : Pearson Education |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2011-06-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0132615789 |
In Psych Yourself Rich , TV’s newest personal finance star shows how to develop the mindset, discipline, and spirit you need to build a strong financial foundation so you can grow wealth on your own terms, without fear, anxiety, misery, boredom, or even advanced math!¿ Farnoosh Torabi (as seen on NBC’s Today Show, Yahoo! Finance, and SoapNet’s Bank of Mom & Dad) combines the latest behavioral psychology with real attitude, without lectures! Psych Yourself Rich shows young professionals how to build a healthy view of money, investing, wealth, and aspirations. Torabi discusses how to get beyond "lend-and-spend" to a deeper, more holistic view of money, how to map out a plan of action that matches your needs and goals, and how to put that plan into action! You’ll learn how to stop agonizing and start organizing; become your own biggest "money advocate;" assert yourself to stop getting ripped off by financial institutions; make your money count; build momentum; embrace an entrepreneurial spirit; and get where you want to go, while others spend decades running in place.