The Good Enough Job: What we gain when we don't put work first

You are so much more than just your job - a manifesto for a new era of working, one in which your self-worth isn't tied to what you do.

 

'Superb.' -  Oliver Burkeman

 

'An incredibly propulsive read. It will absolutely challenge you, in the best way possible, to change the way you think about work.'  - Anne Helen Petersen

 

'A sharp analysis of modern work culture.'  - Vauhini Vara

 

 

The Good Enough Job  reminds us that the biggest goal of all is to live a life we are happy with, and in which work is but one of the multitude of facets that make us who we are. An antidote to the toxic #hustle movement convincing us all we need to find fulfilment in the office, it denounces the dangers of burnout linked to those of us who cannot answer the question: beyond work, what's left?

 

Conversations of burnout have bubbled to the top of the cultural zeitgeist as the line between work and not-work continues to blur. Burnout and workaholism are symptoms of a deeper root cause: a lack of separation between who we are and what we do. This book is not a credo against looking to work for fulfilment, nor is it in favour of treating work as a necessary evil. It is a guide to developing a healthier relationship to work through the stories of people who have successfully done so. These are stories that invite us to re-evaluate what makes us happy, and how we can work to live, rather than the other way round.