We spend about a third of our lives on the job. Like many, you may find yours boring and stressful. About another third of our lives is spent sleeping—assuming job stress isn’t keeping us up all night. That leaves the remaining one-third—slightly more than two days a week—to devote to the people and passions that make your life most worth living.
Alan Patterson, the guru of workplace meaning and happiness, has devoted much of his career to helping people find as much meaning in their jobs as he has found in his. In Burn Ladders. Build Bridges., he shares decades of insights and conclusions about why so many people are so unhappy in their jobs and what they can do about it.
Patterson’s personal background is filled with the twists and ...
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