The Good Enough Job and the Dream Job

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There are two origins of the phrase. The first is The Good Enough Job relative to the dream job. The second origin is an allusion to this theory that was devised by a British pediatrician and psychoanalyst named Donald Winakot. "Taking a good enough approach to work can actually help us not lose ourselves in our professional rises and falls," she says.

One of the first things we learn about people is what they do for a living. But the link between work and identify has moved far beyond that, especially in certain industries, geographies, and cultures. Many of us put everything we have into our jobs, expecting our careers to fulfill us. Author Simone Stolzoff argues for a different approach. He wants us to find work that keeps us engaged and gives us the security we need, while still allowing us to define ourselves in other ways. Drawing on research and real-life stories, he explains what it means to have a "good enough" job, and why this shift in thinking could be good not just for individuals but also for teams and organizations. Stolzoff is the author of The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work.