How To Be Happy At Work.pdf

HAPPY

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Wo r k

C a

Arlene S. Hirsch

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How to Be

HAPPY

How to Be Happy at Work, Second Edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hirsch, Arlene S., 1951-

How to be happy at work : a practical guide to career satisfaction / Arlene S. Hirsch.--

2nd ed.

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of: Love your work and success will follow. c1996.

Includes index.

ISBN 1-56370-980-5

1. Vocational guidance. 2. Success in business. 3. Job satisfaction. I. Hirsch, Arlene S.,

1951- Love your work and success will follow. II. Title.

HF5381.H516 2004

650.1--dc22 2003017302

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About This Book

It’s not easy to tell others how to be happy at work, especially

people who feel as if they’re living in a career combat zone. I

know the battleground well. For the past 20 years, I’ve been a

career counselor, psychotherapist, and corporate outplacement

consultant. In that time, I’ve seen more casualties of the career

wars than most people experience in a lifetime. I know what it

takes to be happy with your work. But I also know there’s no

simple formula to achieve career success and satisfaction.

The workplace is chaotic. If you’re like most people, you proba-

bly feel that you’re living a career nightmare: working harder to

make a living with fewer available resources, more demands on

your time, and lots of disincentives to achievement. Perhaps you

fantasize about chucking the whole scene. Right about now, life

on the golf course, ski slopes, or a sandy beach can look mighty

appealing.

Maybe you just need a good, long vacation. You don’t want to

drop out of the workforce altogether, but you’re hungering for a

new adventure. You want more control over your time and your

destiny. Your rallying cry is More Freedom, Less Office Politics!

This book is for anyone who needs a change in his or her work

life. It can be a change in the kind of work you do, or in how,

when, or where you do it. I’m prepared to show you how to

make your career more deeply fulfilling. To use my advice, how-

ever, you’ll need to set aside your normal modus operandi. I want

you to open your mind to new possibilities.

Some of my ideas might seem strange initially. Please mull them

over carefully before you discard them. Although my tone is,

sometimes, idealistic, I’d categorize myself as a realistic optimist.

You can’t achieve your deepest desires without hope. And I have

never met a really happy cynic.

In what many people call “the real world,” it’s assumed that

financial success is the key ingredient to satisfaction. I question

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