Book Review: The Art of Work by Jeff Goins
Available in Kindle format and paperback at Amazon.com
Many of us struggle to find our identity in our work. We
struggle with the gap between what really interests us – where our passions
lie, and how we earn a paycheck. In many instances, we work to pay the bills so
that we can pursue our true interest. Others know their current career path is
not their passion, but cannot pinpoint where their true passion lies. Are we
living to work or working to live? Are we spending our work hours doing
something that fulfills us? Are working at a career that is exactly what we
were created to do, or have we pushed our dreams aside to face the reality of a
9 to 5?
The author addresses these questions and then takes us to
the next step. Our passion is not enough; it must also intersect with the needs
of the world around us for us to begin living for a larger purpose. I have read
many books about pursuing your passion, but many leave us there. In The Art of
Work, Goins provides the reader with practical exercises to allow the reader to
figure out where there passion lies and how to start moving in the right
direction to make a pivot and begin living for a larger purpose.
I recommend anyone that is simply working to pay the bills
and cannot see a greater good produced by their career to carefully read this
book and walk through the exercises in the Appendix.
