Doing what you love. Getting paid to do it. Life at its best.
Most individuals think of work as life's most stressful yet unavoidable component. Yet, research proves that a negative work attitude has detrimental effects on health. The San Francisco Trauma Foundation shows individuals who believe they are under stress run the second highest risk for sickness.
In order to be stress-free, work must be "transcendent work, which has meaning and purpose. Today's job must relate and contribute to employees' interests and development," says Underdahl.
The Soul of Work answers the major question, "What is the purpose of life?" Underdahl uses her research to change the definition of work into all the meaningful activity to which we choose to devote our waking hours.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Find the soul in your work - or make a career change,
By Simona Nielsen (Denmark) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Soul of Work: A Quest for the Transcendent (Paperback)
For 4 years I was stuck in a bad job and what really surprised me was that I didn't realize it, before I'd been there for 2 years. A job is your identity. The first thing people ask is `So what do you do (for a living)?' Then it's great to be able to say `I'm a.....' or `I work at...' I suppose that's why I didn't think much about why I had this job. Is it for the money? Well...yeah! Is it a job where I can develop? NO! After the first two years I started daydreaming. I wished I sat at my computer and wrote. I wished I could be at home and away from people who always expected me to be satisfied with what I did. Then I started asking myself `What do YOU want?' I knew I didn't want to be in this job no longer. I wanted to follow my dream. But it still had to take me two more years before I asked the manager to fire me.I followed my dream and what I do today, I really love! I can't get enough of my job. I work 60 hours a week from my home and I just LOVE it! I've never felt this way about a job before. Writing is my first love (when it comes to jobs!) - being a publisher, my second. When I started on this people said `that sounds interesting...but can you live on it?' That's the point in life for many people. It doesn't matter whether you love/like your job or not - just make sure you make money. That just didn't work for me. You spend almost half your life on your job. Make sure it's the right one, or you'll never feel happiness. This is what author S. Louise Underdahl, Ph.D., is trying to tell us in her book `The Soul of work'. Reading this book made me realize I did the right thing. If you're not happy with what you do, seek inspiration in this book. It's worth it!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Adventure into the World of Work,
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This review is from: The Soul of Work: A Quest for the Transcendent (Paperback)
S. Louise Underdahl takes the reader on an adventure into the world of work. It is an activity which all of us participate in. How we react to the kind of work we do varies from individuals and the workplace.In the world of today the education of new starters is well rounded. This presents to management a new challenge that must be resolved. Workers now have a broader expectation of what a job must consist of. The nineteenth century saw workers as tools to serve the needs of industry. This attitude came across in the literature of the time, such as the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times". One of the characters in the book is a teacher at a London school with an autocratic outlook. Mr. Gradrind believed his students to be like a jug. Open the top of their head and pour in the facts. Close the lid and then push them out into the world as a complete human being, ready to fulfill the needs of industry. This attitude that people need only to work to meet the needs of industry is gradually changing. More and more employees want to have an increased ownership in the work process than ever before. Transcendent work is a system that the author believes is the solution to this demand. To achieve a workplace that is transcendent the mix of attitude and content needs to be right. This is where the worker feels that they have input and control over the work process. Therefore they are going to have their intellectual needs satisfied, which will bring joy to their work experience. "Soul of Work" is a well-researched exposure on the true meaning of work. The author has thrown new light onto a topic thought to be dull and mundane. Work can and should be a joyful experience. I would recommend this book to all workers and managers seeking to achieve the most out of their workplace and themselves. Source: Warren Thurston - Owner of Boggle Books
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Adventure into the World of Work,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Soul of Work: A Quest for the Transcendent (Paperback)
S. Louise Underdahl takes the reader on an adventure into the world of work. It is an activity which all of us participate in. How we react to the kind of work we do varies from individuals and the workplace.In the world of today the education of new starters is well rounded. This presents to management a new challenge that must be resolved. Workers now have a broader expectation of what a job must consist of. The nineteenth century saw workers as tools to serve the needs of industry. This attitude came across in the literature of the time, such as the Charles Dickens novel "Hard Times". One of the characters in the book is a teacher at a London school with an autocratic outlook. Mr Gradrind believed his students to be like a jug. Open the top of their head and pour in the facts. Close the lid and then push them out into the world as a complete human being, ready to fulfill the needs of industry. This attitude that people need only to work to meet the needs of industry is gradually changing. More and more employees want to have an increased ownership in the work process than ever before. Transcendent work is a system that the author believes is the solution to this demand. To achieve a workplace that is transcendent the mix of attitude and content needs to be right. This is where the worker feels that they have input and control over the work process. Therefore they are going to have their intellectual needs satisfied, which will bring joy to their work experience. "Soul of Work" is a well-researched exposure on the true meaning of work. The author has thrown new light onto a topic thought to be dull and mundane. Work can and should be a joyful experience. I would recommend this book to all workers and managers seeking to achieve the most out of their workplace and themselves. Reviewed by Warren Thurston
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