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Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design [Paperback]

Laurence G. Boldt
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)

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Book Description

August 25, 2009
The most innovative, unconventional, and profoundly practical career guide available?newly revised and updated

With today?s economic uncertainties, millions of Americans realize they must seize control over their own career paths. They want work that not only pays the bills but also allows them to pursue their real passions. In this revised edition, Laurence Boldt updates and revises his revolutionary guide to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century workplace. The first part of this book helps readers to identify the work that they really want to do, while the second provides practical, active steps to finding or creating that work. Zen and the Art of Making a Living goes beyond inspiration, providing a proven formula for bringing creativity, dignity, and meaning to every aspect of the work experience.


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About the Author

Laurence G. Boldt is a writer, career consultant, and lifetime student of Eastern philosophies, with more than a decade of experience helping people shape their dreams into practical realities. He is the bestselling author of Zen and the Art of Making a Living, How to Find the Work You Love, and Zen Soup. He lives in Santa Barbara, California..

Product Details

  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books; Revised edition (August 25, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 014311459X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0143114598
  • Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.6 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,113 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Leaving the Rat Race? Take This Guide May 10, 2001
Format:Paperback
After an unsuccessful and frustrating career as a cog in the corporate wheel, I took some time off, bought this book, and sat down with a pen. I came away with much more than I expected. The book's exhaustive charts, lists and essays helped me to focus my skills and desires into self-reflection, to figure out who I really was and what I wanted to do. The second half of the book is filled with information on grant-writing, government aids, and other practical tools to help you realize your dreams. If you don't want to support McWorld, let this book lead you down the path to realizing your full potential.
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49 of 50 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Stay with me June 4, 2000
Format:Paperback
I read the 1993 edition of this book six years ago. I agree with other reviewers that it's not a quick action oriented book for someone who wants a job now. It's an entire philosophy of living. The reason I'm giving it 5 stars is that (1) doing the exercises deeply helped me figure out where I wanted to eventually go with my work choices; (2) these insights are just as fresh with me today as they were when I was reading and working with the book -- and I find that quality in a book extremely rare.

Turning the insights into action is an ongoing life project for me. It didn't immediately transform my life but it showed a path that made sense the way no other life/work guide has.

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If you're lost in any way this book is a treasure chest
of help, read it all the way though. If you're not it still is because parts of it will keep those who know why they are on the planet reaffirmed.. I was very lost and took three weeks off and read it up to the point
where you go out and test your decision. Best thing I ever did.
Now I'm reading how to best follow through. I plan on keeping
this book around for a long, long time. It's like a manual for life, the game of life.
framed in acts like a play and sprinkled with hundreds of great quotes.
Einstien, to Cambell, to Hui Neng grace it's pages with Boldt
sythesizing it all into a wonderful stream of wise advice.
Life is an art, and a game, and to serve is paramount.

It's one of those books that makes you wish everyone HAD to read it, and what a nice world it would be if they did.

If Quest for the Holy Grail had a manual on how to search and find your own personal Grail, and do it in a honest and healthy way, this is it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best career guides ever
This is a career guide unlike others I have read in that it takes into account the spiritual aspects of who we are when considering what we should be doing with our lives. Read more
Published 18 days ago by jason
5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of Great Advice
The book is packed with wisdom! It is too much to read entirely, but the reader can focus on the aspects of greatest interest.
Published 2 months ago by Tim Athan
1.0 out of 5 stars Not so much
I purchased this book as a course requirement and found it a huge disappointment. The instructor did assign readings from this book but they are way too right brained for me. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Prof Mon
5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than Finding the Color of Your Parachute!
Zen and the Art of Making a Living is the BEST most comprehensive career development/design book that I've ever read! Read more
Published 18 months ago by FirstGenProfess
5.0 out of 5 stars highly recommended for the thoughtful individual
Brilliant book, fantastic resource. Reveals a beautiful philosophy on making a living, and truly, on life as a whole. This book has practically become my own personal bible.
Published 19 months ago by Aquarian
5.0 out of 5 stars Take the Hero's Journey with this amazing career guide!
I love this book. Found out about it from Susan Shapiro, life coach, and it is so packed with wonderful information, everything to help you learn who you are, what your vision for... Read more
Published 20 months ago by ReadsBetweenTheLines
5.0 out of 5 stars Packed FULL of great ideas
Wow! this is a lot more than what I expected ! This book is FULL of info and history!!!! I'm actually reading it for a 2nd time now - I know there are LOTS of things I missed the... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Stella
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful
This book isn't one I recommend that a person read from front to back. Yet, it has some great thought provoking chapters that have really guided me in my career decisions.
Published 22 months ago by Schwed
4.0 out of 5 stars work is self-expression, not just a way to make money
p.68 love and service to all mankind... the artist makes the work, not simply for himself but for all mankind

p.59 ... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Dave W. Jonsson
5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired read
I love this book! Just like the title of my review, basically, the best word I can use to describe this book is "INSPIRED". Read more
Published on March 8, 2011 by Holly
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