Customer Reviews

True Work: The Sacred Dimension of Earning a Living

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I gave a copy of True Work to a career consultant in Canada. She is making it required reading for her clients. This book really changed the way I think about my job life, and my life life. Like there's more to work/life than just the material world. Check it out. Really. Work as sacred? Trippin'! My girlfriend's brother devoured the copy I gave him. He won't give it back. It's an easy read. Know someone whose really searching for their next step? Hand them a copy of True Work.

Bought for a friend who was searching for work. Ending up keeping it myself when I started reading it (bought another copy for friend.) Poignant and relevant to more aspects of life than just work. A must read for anyone who is spiritually-oriented and committed to making a difference in life; for themselves, their family and friends, and the world. Extremely relevant to the changes we are currently and will be faced with. Truly uplifting, inspirational, and worth reading again and again. A MUST READ.

Other than finding true love, finding true work is just about the most important thing we can do to feel fulfilled. True Work helps you discover your passion, look for synchronicities along the way, and realize that the path to true work is a journey, not a destination.

I want to give a copy of this book to everyone I know: I kept having that thought while I was reading the book and moreso now that I have finished it. Which means to me, that I should not give it to anyone but to apply the ideas contained in the book in my own life.
"True Work" is as important as anything that Joseph Campbell has written. It comes from Michael and Justine Tom's own life experience and contemplation of that experience.
The book shows how to integrate work into one's fabric of life, because work is one of life's threads, but it is not the whole cloth. Again, it is a profound work.

I found this book very insightful in a personal way. It has many real life stories and examples of people finding true meaning in what they do, as well as practical advice on how one can apply some of these lessons. Though it's not presented in a multi-step "follow these rules to success" manner, this book contains many pertinent insights on how we the reader can apply new points of view in our daily lives.

Much more than a "how to" book on finding what you really want to do, True Work offers a compendium of deep spiritual insights which provide the inner foundation from which one's true life work may flow.

This book was a surprise. I tend to like books of this sort, and have read quite a few of them. By the title and brief description, I thought it might be a sort of middle-of-the-pack choice, the purchase of which was spurred by my respect for the authors (perhaps for interviewing Krishnamurti...). In any case, I have found wisdom, sanity, insight and inspiration on virtually every page. These authors and this book really have something extra to contribute, compared to other "find meaning in your work and life" works. It is spiritual and practical at the same time, rooted in an expanded perception of reality and traditional wisdom, and doesn't fall into the "just wish for pie in the sky and it will be yours" trap. It will make you feel good, but not so good that you forget your own responsibility in making things work. Lots of meaning packed into not so many words. This is my go-to book for help along the path of struggle that some times in life can be, the best book of its kind I have found. Doesn't emphasize one religious or philosophical viewpoint. Very much relevant to living. At least this is how I found it, and I hope others do the same.

True Work gives us the insights we need to bring spirit and joy to every aspect of our lives, turning "work" into a rewarding and fulfilling experience.

Other than finding true love, finding true work is just about the most important thing we can do to feel fulfilled. True Work helps you discover your passion, look for synchronicities along the way, and realize that the path to true work is a journey, not a destination.

The greatest value of this book lies in the quotes from others. The padding by the authors does little to justify the title.