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Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work
by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans

Designing Your Work Life is an offshoot of the bestseller Designing Your Life.
While many other self help career books center on finding the perfect position,
Designing Your Work Life shows readers how to find happiness in current
roles by adjusting attitude and behavior. The book reframes dysfunctional
thoughts in more productive ways, and helps readers stop labeling workplaces
as “good jobs,” or “bad jobs,” and start looking for ways to change unhappy
circumstances. Designing Your Work Life deals with topics like the balance
between money and meaning, office politics, and resilience. The book also
explores how to quit gracefully when the suggested steps do not lead to fulfillment.

So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You
Love by Cal Newport

So Good They Can’t Ignore You is a manifesto for skill-building. Cal Newport
argues that while most people believe that “following passion” is the key to
job satisfaction, ability and competency are the elements that help people find
meaning and fulfillment in work. In other words, most professionals do not know
what they like to do until they start doing it. Excitement about work comes as a
result of building skills and honing the craft, not waiting for inspiration to strike.
The book examines case studies of professionals who love what they do and
lays out a formula for getting good at and enjoying work more quickly. So Good
They Can’t Ignore You reveals the characteristics that contribute most to helping
workers stand out among other employees and find a career that stands out from other jobs.

The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career
by Alexandra Cavoulacos and Kathryn Minshew

The New Rules of Work is one of the better books for career guidance in the
modern age. The traditional wisdom of “get a good job and work hard to rise
in the ranks over several decades” rarely applies in an era of ever-shifting
opportunities. Instead, many professionals think more strategically and change
jobs more frequently in an effort to keep growing and have more control over
their careers. This book lays out blueprints for finding and landing desirable
positions, networking, and making positive impressions. The authors are the
creators of popular job search resource The Muse. The New Rules of Work is a
helpful tool for any reader looking to master the job search and achieve modern career success.
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