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Love and Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life
World-renowned researcher and New York Times bestselling author Marcus Buckingham helps us discover where we're at our best-both at work and in life.
You've long been told to "Do what you love." Sounds simple, but the real challenge is how to do this in a world not set up to help you. Most of us actually don't know the real truth of what we love-what engages us and makes us thrive-and our workplaces, jobs, schools, even our parents, are focused instead on making us conform. Sadly, no person or system is dedicated to discovering the crucial intersection between what you love to do and how you contribute it to others.
In this eye-opening, uplifting book, Buckingham shows you how to break free from this conformity-how to decode your own loves, turn them into their most powerful expression, and do the same for those you lead and those you love.
How can you use love to reveal your unique gifts?
How can you pinpoint what makes you stand out from anyone else?
How can you choose roles in which you'll excel?
Love and Work unlocks answers to these questions and others, so you can:
Choose the right role on the team.Describe yourself compellingly in job interviews.Mold your existing role so that it calls upon the very best of you.Position yourself as a leader in such a way that your followers quickly come to trust in you.Make lasting change for your team, your company, your family, or your students.
Love, the most powerful of human emotions, the source of all creativity, collaboration, insight, and excellence, has been systematically drained from our lives-our work, teams, and classrooms.
It's time we brought love back in.
Love and Work shows you how.
You've long been told to "Do what you love." Sounds simple, but the real challenge is how to do this in a world not set up to help you. Most of us actually don't know the real truth of what we love-what engages us and makes us thrive-and our workplaces, jobs, schools, even our parents, are focused instead on making us conform. Sadly, no person or system is dedicated to discovering the crucial intersection between what you love to do and how you contribute it to others.
In this eye-opening, uplifting book, Buckingham shows you how to break free from this conformity-how to decode your own loves, turn them into their most powerful expression, and do the same for those you lead and those you love.
How can you use love to reveal your unique gifts?
How can you pinpoint what makes you stand out from anyone else?
How can you choose roles in which you'll excel?
Love and Work unlocks answers to these questions and others, so you can:
Choose the right role on the team.Describe yourself compellingly in job interviews.Mold your existing role so that it calls upon the very best of you.Position yourself as a leader in such a way that your followers quickly come to trust in you.Make lasting change for your team, your company, your family, or your students.
Love, the most powerful of human emotions, the source of all creativity, collaboration, insight, and excellence, has been systematically drained from our lives-our work, teams, and classrooms.
It's time we brought love back in.
Love and Work shows you how.
Readers Top Reviews
What I appreciate so much about all of Marcus Buckingham’s books is they are all grounded in rich and rigorous data. He’s a solid researcher and in this day and age there is so much “opinion” being presented as fact. It’s difficult sometimes to ascertain good data from bad data, or good, reliable research, vs. bad. Marcus had a series years ago that was all about data validity and I learned so much. Not sure if this series is still offered but it was truly a game-changer. Anyway with regards to this book in particular. I’d give it 10 stars if I could. He is a beautiful writer, but his previous books were more about data. This book was one I could not put down because of his very personal stories. I found myself in tears a few times during the two days in which I devoured the book. This is a book that everyone should read in my opinion. I wish I had had this in my younger years. Give this to every college student you know. Decadent work.
Pete M.
This is a powerful book that's really got me thinking about career pieces in whole new ways. I dig how Marcus combines hardcore data and research with engaging stories. Some of my favorite tidbits were: pay attention to what you're paying attention to. And think about your career as a scavenger hunt for love.
A must read! Inpisring, it challenges you to think of which you love, and motivates you to reconnect with that of what you love. Highly recommend!
Would recommend this book for all people leaders! This book helped me understand everyone has a unique gift they can offer the world. It should be up to you as a leader to help others find that gift!
