Job Joy

Anthropologist David Graeber - one of our most important and provocative thinkers - traces the peculiar and unexpected ways we relate to bureaucracy today and reveals how it shapes our lives in ways we may not even notice...though he also suggests there may be something perversely appealing - even romantic - about bureaucracy.

While Jodey Whiting was stuck in hospital battling pneumonia over Christmas, a letter dropped on her doormat from the Department of Work and Pensions, asking her to attend an assessment. Despite her health problems, the powers-that-be callously halted benefit payments for the mum-of-nine. With no money coming in, Jodey killed herself, aged just 42. Another DWP letter pronouncing her "fit to work" was sent to her home three days after her tragic death. A Mother's Job is the story of how Jodey's mum Joy Dove, 67, took on the system—and won justice for her daughter.

Imagine a company where people love coming to work and are highly productive on a daily basis. Imagine a company whose top executives, in a quest to create the most "fun" workplace ever, obliterate labor-management divisions and push decision-making responsibility down to the plant floor. Could such a company compete in today's bottom-line corporate world? Could it even turn a profit?

As an executive with decades of management experience at top Silicon Valley companies including YouTube, Google, and Twitter, Bruce Daisley has given a lot of thought to what makes a workforce productive and what factors can improve the workplace to benefit a company’s employees, customers, and bottom line. In his debut book, he shares what he’s discovered, offering practical, often counterintuitive, insights and solutions for reinvigorating work to give us more meaning, productivity, and joy at the office.

Celebrated workplace thought leader Elizabeth Lotardo delivers an engaging guide to owning and elevating your work experience. With tips, watchouts, and funny stories, Leading Yourself will give you the encouragement and tactics to up-level your career, even if you aren't in your dream job. You'll learn to manage your self-talk, find meaning in the mundane, optimize your time at work, and build relationships with the people who matter.

The key to personal profit, productivity, and prosperity is enjoyment, enjoying your life and enjoying your work. Now everyone, from secretaries to CEOs, from house painters to housewives, can learn to mix business with pleasure and make every job a labor of love. The Joy of Working is a practical, down-to-earth guide that will help you radiate confidence and competence in everything you do. Step by step and day by day, this unique 30-point program is sure to make your job more satisfying, more exciting, and more fun.

Si no estás contento con tu actual situación laboral, si quieres averiguar cómo se podrían hacer mejor las cosas, si buscas una mayor satisfacción en el trabajo y una vida menos agitada, este libro te indicará el camino. Daisley comparte los resultados de sus descubrimientos a través de 30 sencillas recomendaciones que son aplicables a todos los aspectos de la vida profesional del siglo XXI, y que combinan inspiración, experiencia empírica y soluciones prácticas y realistas en igual medida.

The idea that work might be fulfilling rather than just necessary is a recent invention. These days, in prosperous areas of the world, we don't only expect to get paid, we also expect to find meaning and satisfaction. It's a big ask and explains why so many people have an identity crisis in their work lives. A Job To Love is designed to help us better understand ourselves in order to find a job that is right for us. It explores the myths, traps and confusions that get in our way, and shows us how to develop new, effective attitudes and habits.

In the course of a career that has taken him from some of the world's biggest media companies to Twitter, via Google and YouTube, Bruce Daisley has become fascinated by what makes great companies tick. And in his hugely popular podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat, he has dug right into the DNA of work, talking to leading experts about how we can make our jobs more fulfilling, more productive - and much more enjoyable. Now, in The Joy of Work, he shares the fruits of his discoveries.

If you’re like many people who don’t know what sparks joy or what gives your life meaning and purpose, this book will help provide the answers. If you have been told it’s not realistic to work and live with joy and purpose, this book will help change your mindset. If you’re too busy, too tired, too ill or too stressed out to listen to a lengthy book, this concise guide comes to your rescue.

In The Performance of Medicine, Dr. Bob Baker offers practical strategies and techniques that physicians and other practitioners can implement easily and immediately to give patients the best possible experience with no additional expenditure of time. An internist/gastroenterologist with 35 years of private practice experience, as well as a professional magician/ventriloquist with 50 years of live performance experience, Dr. Baker seamlessly weaves the techniques he used to garner top reviews from his patients and audiences alike. His audiobook is practical, warm, and humorous.

The Mindful Living series is a new series of short mindfulness books dedicated to enhancing three important areas of our lives: work, relationships and parenting. Best-selling author and mindfulness guru Oli Doyle shows that all the key domains of life provide great opportunities to practice mindfulness and discover peace of mind. In Mindfulness at Work, Oli guides the listener through a six-week guide to show that even with demanding bosses and stressful environments, we actually can be happy at work.

Gracie High school is hard enough when you don’t have the perfect girl to compare yourself to every day. Blondie. That’s what I call her. With her perfect hair, perfect clothes, and perfect nails. Yeah, that’s her type. I couldn’t stand her from the moment she flashed that dazzling smile and had all the boys drooling. But then, she decided she wanted to be friends—with me. Why? I’m not sure, but I don’t trust her. Especially not when she starts going after Jake. My Jake! There’s no way I’m just going to stand by and let her steal away my best friend/secret crush. Nope. ...

Are you still tired of being an overworked and underappreciated parent? Are you still frustrated beyond belief with raising your kids in a world that seems less and less kind to parents? Are you trying to bring it to the next level of raising your kids with good values so that someday they will become good people, great adults, and amazing parents themselves? Well, this third book of Granddaddy’s Secrets for Parents is for you!

Are still you tired of being an overworked and underappreciated parent? Are you frustrated beyond belief with raising your kids in a world that seems less and less kind to parents? Are you trying to raise kids with good values so that, someday, they will become good people, great adults, and amazing parents themselves? In this audiobook, you'll learn even more ways to walk your own path as a parent and reinject the joy of parenting back into your life, so you and your family can be happier and more successful than ever.

Finding job satisfaction and discovering your passion in life - these things don’t always hit you like a strike of lightning. This audiobook will help you tap into what brings you joy and feeds your strengths in your career. The Joy Factor is a set of tools and guided introspection that will help you develop a road map for career happiness.

A dead-end job, a cheating fiancé, and now a playboy boss. All in the same week? Yikes. This is not the way life is supposed to be. A year ago, I was on track, I had a plan and I had a future. Get to New York, get married, and live an awesome life.

You can't get hired if you don't get noticed. Have you put hours into your job search and submitted so many online applications trying to land a job of your dreams only to be ghosted by the recruiters and hiring managers? If it’s been more than five years since you’ve searched for a job, you need to realize the rules to finding a job in today’s digital job search market has changed. Get Noticed Get Hired is a definitive guide to showcasing your experience and skills, while offering tips and strategies designed to land you in the interview seat.

Are you tired of being an overworked and underappreciated parent? Are you frustrated beyond belief with raising your kids in a world that seems less and less kind to parents? Are you trying to raise kids with good values so that someday they will become good people, great adults, and amazing parents themselves? Well, this book is for you! In this book, you'll learn how to walk your own path as a parent, and reinject the joy of parenting back into your life so you and your family can be happier and more successful.

The Glory in the Grind is a thirty-day devotional designed to help you connect with Christ by seeing Him in the daily, mundane grind of going to work, which makes the ordinary extraordinary. The book of Colossians highlights how all things are made through Christ and for Christ and that all things are held together by Him.