The Importance of Pursuing Meaningful Work

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I love the idea of people being intensely passionate about their jobs, working all hours to be productive. But isn't that sort of how progress is made? You know how vaccines and electric cars are developed? I want to be very clear that I am not anti-work. I do think work is one of the best ways in which we can both make progress and feel like we are being productive... but it is not the only means of doing so.

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.