Wiser Ways to Work (eBook)

PREFACE: THE DAY I RAN AWAY FROM HOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiiiCHAPTER 1. WORK IS MORE THAN A PAYCHECK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The Myth of Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6The Revolution for Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8CHAPTER 2. HOW CORE BELIEFS KEEP US STUCK IN THE
WRONG JOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11What Are Some of Your Core Beliefs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20What You Can Do to Change Your Core Beliefs . . . . . . . . 21Step One — Observe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Step Two — Evaluate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Step Three — Change Your Mind-Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Autobiography in Five Short Chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35CHAPTER 3. STRESS AND THE WORKPLACE —
MANAGING FALLOUT FROM FRAZZLED LIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37The Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41The Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41The Brain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Anxiety Producers You Can Work On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44What Does the Future Hold? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60How to Manage Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62What You Can Do to Reduce Stress on a Personal Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72CHAPTER 4. FINDING TIME TO FIND WISE WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75The Right Place at the Right Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77DoYouHavetoGiveUpYourJobtoFindWiseWork?. . . 79How Much Time Do You Have? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81How to Get Time for Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82How to Use Free Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85How to Make It All Happen — Use the PEP Method . . . 92CHAPTER 5. WHEN QUITTING IS THE BEST OPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 GoodReasonstoStayPut.............................. 96Should You Stay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97How Bad Is It? — Some Preliminary Questions . . . . . . 99Is Quitting the Right Answer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Reasons to Quit that Make Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Should You Actually Leave? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 More Chapters