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Roman Krznaric , The School of Life
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10 May 2012 The School of Life
Find life-enhancing work and realise your potential with this enlightening read

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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan (10 May 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1447202287
  • ISBN-13: 978-1447202288
  • Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 17.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The desire for fulfilling work is one of the great aspirations of our age and this inspirational book reveals how one might make it a reality. It explores the competing claims we face for money and status while doing something meaningful and in tune with our talents. Drawing on wisdom about work that is to be found in sociology, psychology, history and philosophy, Roman Krznaric sets out a practical and innovative guide to negotiating the labyrinth of choices, overcoming the fear of change, and finding a career that makes you thrive. One in the new series of books from The School of Life, launched May 2012: How to Stay Sane by Philippa Perry How to Find Fulfilling Work by Roman Krznaric How to Worry Less About Money by John Armstrong How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff How to Thrive in the Digital Age by Tom Chatfield How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton

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Roman Krznaric is an author, cultural thinker and founding faculty member of The School of Life, where he teaches courses about work. He has been named by the Observer as one of Britain’s leading lifestyle thinkers, and advises organisations including Oxfam and the United Nations on using empathy and conversation to create social change. For more, see www.romankrznaric.com The School of Life is a London-based enterprise that is dedicated to the most useful ideas relevant to the dilemmas of everyday life. We consider questions like: How can we fulfil our potential? Can work be inspiring? Why does community matter? Can relationships last a lifetime? We don’t have all the answers, but we will direct you towards a variety of useful ideas – from philosophy to literature, psychology to the visual arts – that are guaranteed to stimulate, provoke, nourish and console.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and original 28 May 2012
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Although I'm retired, I've struggled to find interesting work at times during my working life and now that I'm free to do what projects I chose, I've find it hard to know which to prioritise, so I got this book.

I wish it had come out years ago while I was still working. It has a very different approach to other career-guidance books; for instance, it argues for finding ways to try out the jobs you're thinking about - as many as possible - in some form or another, such as work-shadowing because it's only by trying them that you'll find out how much you enjoy them (or don't). Other books recommend doing lots of research first and then making the career switch - thinking first, acting later - whereas he's recommending acting first, thinking later.

He also has some interesting exercises for thinking about how you've ended up with the career you've had so far - that stuff alone was worth buying the book for!

I've found this book a real help in choosing among the unpaid work I've been thinking about and I've recommended it to a friend who has been stuck for years in a job she hates while struggling to come up with an escape plan.

It's short (125pp or so) and I read it in a couple of hours. I like books that say what they have to say without padding it out or repeating themselves to make you think you're getting your money's worth.

Highly recommended. I've just ordered his "The Wonderbox", which also looks great. His website is interesting too - he does a lot of work on how to encourage empathy in society.
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This isn't a quote from the book but it could have been. I thought long and hard before giving one star for this book because it is well written and has a lot of interesting research about work and how humankind deal with this necessary evil. However I wanted, and was expecting, some kind of suggested action plan to identify what job might suit me and how to progress in that direction. What I got was heavy-duty wordy research/history on work in general and case studies of well paid professionals who had all they needed materially but didn't enjoy their job. News flash everyone struggles to find the enjoyment in their job, although not everyone is as well paid for doing their job as these guys so stop whining.

Anyway the overall answer to how to find fulfilling work was to try out lots of different jobs (in a work experience sense) to see what suits you. I take issue with this as it's a great idea in theory that's simply not possible in the real world. Even if you have money enough to do unpaid work for a while and don't have restricting family commitments, do you know how difficult it is to get work experience? Firstly so many places require a CRB check, even unpaid staff, and it has to be done by each company you're working with. They won't pay £40 for a CRB check so you can have a few days work experience never to be seen again. Equally references are usually required for each new company you work with and while most of us have a couple of people who are happy to write us a reference, would they be happy to write 6 or more a year answering different questions from different companies. If you are well connected you may be able to blag a day here and a day there unofficially shadowing but that won't teach you much about a job and as Roman points out 'lawyers hang out with lawyers' so you'll probably end up shadowing in an industry you already know about anyhow. Those that don't have connections, references, time or money are screwed.

I brought the book because I want to move out of the poorly paid and draining charity sector for a professional career and I found it depressing to hear the case studies of professionals who have everything I want but hate it and after paying off the mortgage go work in the charity sector for that sense of fulfilment. Spare me, charity jobs are fulfilling when you believe you don't have to work as hard (?!) and don't have to rely on the income. For those who work in the charity sector and haven't cleared our mortgage yet, we have daily worries about quality, kpi's, losing funding and losing our jobs to over qualified candidates looking for that warm gushy feeling inside you get from 'charity work'

It's an interesting read on the history of work but that's it. It may inspire hope if you're an unhappy educated wealthy professional looking to take your foot off the pedal with lots of options already but why you'd actually need this book I don't know. For everyone else it doesn't really offer anything practical, of course we'd all love to spend a day or two shadowing the Guardian's assistant editor, or following an a&e doctor around but it's just not going to happen. contrary to the advice in this book most of us do have to work out what we want before we take action because we are limited by money, time, family commitments , lack of contacts, and education. We can't afford to try and if it's not right, try again. If we are going to gamble many thousands of pounds on education or give up paid work to get us somewhere we need it to be the right somewhere. This book does nothing to address these issues so to me it was useless.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and practical 20 May 2012
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This is a readable and entertaining book about a subject most of us think about repeatedly throughout our lives: how to ensure we are in the right work for us. Krznaric describes the three basics for meaningful work: alignment with our values, how much our work enables us to enter a state of flow and how much freedom our work allows us. Through a blend of case studies (current day and from historical characters) the book gives practical advice on how to find our meaningful work. Read it and you will think about work differently. A very readable and thought-provoking book that made me not only think deeply about my career path, but also encouraged me to read items from the bibliography, just to find out more!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening and Gratifying
I bought this book in the hopes of finding my one 'right' career.
Instead, for the first time I am not only embracing the idea of being a 'wide achiever' but I can't wait to... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Natalie
5.0 out of 5 stars Be careful, this book may change your life
With a headline like that and five stars, then it's fairly obvious I love this book. I have a number of the "School Of Life' series and find them to be highly thought provoking... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Steve Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book about work
When Alain de Botton published his "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work", I was disappointed. What I hoped to find there is something that I found, years later, in Roman Krznaric's... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Allan
2.0 out of 5 stars Only £4.95 - it should be ten times that price!
....So why only two stars? Because those for whom it will prove useful would have that kind of money to throw around. Read more
Published 5 months ago by davem
5.0 out of 5 stars HIghly Recommended
Whether you are unemployed, unhappy at work, thinking about a career change, or simply wanting to make your working life more meaningful, this book is a brilliant companion to your... Read more
Published 6 months ago by bongomez
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely useful
I enjoyed this little book. I read it over a couple of afternoons. It did help me to refine and crystallise a few ideas that were going around my head. Read more
Published 8 months ago by P. Spencer
4.0 out of 5 stars Gives you great ideas
Inspiring book, which gives you lots of ideas of how to explore different possibilities in work and life. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Maia's World
5.0 out of 5 stars Should be given free to every...
...14-year old at secondary school. What I would've given for this sort of guidance at that stage in my life. Read more
Published 9 months ago by A. Lau
4.0 out of 5 stars Little inspiring book
I would have probably given it five stars if not some of the examples of successful career shifters used in the book. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Gekko
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, thoughtful and easy-to-read
I have just finished the School of Life book and was prompted to email the author (something I have never done before on finishing a book) to express by thanks for having written... Read more
Published 10 months ago by AJS
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