Finding Joy Book, Healey

About the Book

Finding Joy In Your Job is designed to inspire people to live a life of significance by changing the way they view their own unique possibilites and abilities. Instead of using money and status as a measurement of success, the book encourages readers to dream big dreams and measure their success by the level of satisfaction they reach in their work, with their families and within their communities.

This book was written for you

Through many inspiring stories of women who have redesigned their jobs and found more joy, author Pat Healey shows readers step-by-step how to do the same thing for themselves. You'll meet women from all over the country who have overcome various obstacles to create lives of meaning and fulfillment. Whether you're just starting out in your job, returning to the workforce after starting a family or you're facing touch decisions at mid-career, you'll find relevant examples that offer fresh perspectives on thriving in the work you do.

If you're one of the many people who dread going to work some of the time, then this book is for you.
If you've grown bored by your job, and your passion for it has faded, then this book is for you.
If you feel stuck in a situation without new challenges or room to grow, then this book is for you.
If you're between jobs and you'd like to find a better one next time, then this book will guide you toward that.
If you once had a dream of doing fulfilling work but you've lost sight of it, then this book will show you how to find it again.
If your job is just a means to a paycheck, then this book can help you discover better reasons to go to work.
If you actually like your job most of the time and just need ideas on how to refresh it, then this book has the answers.

Even if you think you couldn't possibly love your job more than you do now, you'll find a dozen advanced techniques for flourishing at work. And if you are currently unemployed, this is the book that will teach you how to make the best match in your next job.

This book is overflowing with tips, tools and tricks

Finding Joy In Your Job offers tools to help you discover your strengths, passions and possibilities for success in the job you already have. By the end of the process, you're going to have a clear roadmap and a plan for creating your ideal position, as well as everything you need to make it happen. Here's a taste of what you'll find:

Quantify and maximize your best job skills and learn how to eliminate tasks you aren't well suited to do.
Learn how to become more valued as an employee while also adding value to your company.
Write a comprehensive Job Action Memo.
Discover how to prepare for obstacles to your ideas--including roadblocks you may have placed yourself.
Meet the Six Nixer bosses and learn how to win them over to your plan.
Uncover secrets to dealing with difficult bosses and getting along with challenging co-workers.
Bring your authentic self to work--your best self, your higher self, your creative self--and stop the disconnect between your job and the rest of your life.

Making Mondays Marvelous

TGIF, or Thank God It's Friday, is of course the refrain of all unhappy employees. What if at the beginning of each new work week, you could honestly say: TGIM: Thank God It's Monday! That's the level of joy I want for you. I want you to love your job so much that it's a pleasure to arrive at your place of work every day. I want you to walk into an environment that nurtures you, that reflects your values and is truly your home away from home. I want you to enjoy your team members so much that you miss them on weekends and are thrilled to see them again every Monday. I want you to tap into an endless fountain of enthusiasm for the opportunities you are given to grow. I want your creativity to find perfect expression. I want you to find such a deep level of personal fulfillment from your work that it has become your mission to excel at it. I want you to be well rewarded for your efforts--in both tangible and intangible ways. I want you to know you are an integral part of your company. Valued. Respected. Trusted. I want you to flourish.

This book will show you how to harvest Your Garden of Possibilities. How do you do that? You pick your future just as you might a bouquet of wildflowers in an alpine meadow. You survey the vast landscape and choose the shapes and colors that delight you. This book offers you an opportunity to harvest more joy at work by creating a job that excites you, expresses you, rewards you and yes, delights you.

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