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You're Not Your Job: Going Above and Beyond for Yourself
Do you feel like a square peg in a round hole sometimes?
Do you feel like what you're doing is not really meant for you?
Would you rather be doing something else entirely but don't know where to start?
In our lives, we don't ask ourselves enough questions. We follow the lead of others because they seem to know what they're doing. Along the way, you may lose track of who you really are. You mistake your identity for your job. Deep down, however, you know you were not meant to be living like this. You even have a plan to switch gears. But you never do.Looking for answers? Try asking questions instead!Daniel has been through the journey of switching careers. He's not offering you answers, though.
His goal is to help you ask yourself LOTS and LOTS of questions to get where you want to be. This helpful book is what he wishes his past self had at his disposal.
Hopefully it can be useful to you on your own journey!
Do you feel like what you're doing is not really meant for you?
Would you rather be doing something else entirely but don't know where to start?
In our lives, we don't ask ourselves enough questions. We follow the lead of others because they seem to know what they're doing. Along the way, you may lose track of who you really are. You mistake your identity for your job. Deep down, however, you know you were not meant to be living like this. You even have a plan to switch gears. But you never do.Looking for answers? Try asking questions instead!Daniel has been through the journey of switching careers. He's not offering you answers, though.
His goal is to help you ask yourself LOTS and LOTS of questions to get where you want to be. This helpful book is what he wishes his past self had at his disposal.
Hopefully it can be useful to you on your own journey!
128 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 23, 2024
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Daniel Voigt Godoy
5 books7 followersDaniel Voigt Godoy is an Amazon best-selling author who has self-published a series of technical books used as textbooks in universities in the United States and Spain.
In the last 25 years, he had many jobs—developer, data scientist, teacher, writer—but he's none of them. After figuring out his own path, he decided to share his experience and insights with others in his upcoming book "You're Not Your Job: Going Above and Beyond for Yourself."
In the last 25 years, he had many jobs—developer, data scientist, teacher, writer—but he's none of them. After figuring out his own path, he decided to share his experience and insights with others in his upcoming book "You're Not Your Job: Going Above and Beyond for Yourself."
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April 29, 2024
Daniel Voigt Godoy's "You're not your job" offers a fresh perspective on how we view work and its place in our lives. Instead of the typical career-driven advice, this book encourages readers to consider their overall happiness, spanning emotional well-being, social connections, and physical health. It challenges the idea that our job titles define us, urging us to explore who we are outside of our careers.
The book highlights the importance of fostering strong community ties as an antidote to the often isolated pursuit of professional advancement. When I faced an unexpected shift in my career, the insights from this book were invaluable. They energized me and helped clarify my decisions, leading to a career path that is bringing me great satisfaction. For anyone seeking a more balanced approach to work and life, or navigating their own career changes, "You're not your job" is an essential read. It offers practical advice for thriving in both personal and professional realms.
The book highlights the importance of fostering strong community ties as an antidote to the often isolated pursuit of professional advancement. When I faced an unexpected shift in my career, the insights from this book were invaluable. They energized me and helped clarify my decisions, leading to a career path that is bringing me great satisfaction. For anyone seeking a more balanced approach to work and life, or navigating their own career changes, "You're not your job" is an essential read. It offers practical advice for thriving in both personal and professional realms.
November 16, 2025
This self-reflective book opens up with a couple of rhetorical questions to set the tone: Does the reader enjoy their job and do they have a life outside of their work? There are rhetorical questions throughout the book as well as time to think; structurally, the book provides all of the questions at the end so readers can review them properly.
The book provides a distinction between task, work, job, and career. The book also asks the reader whether their decisions are worth doing or whether they should fight the unknown if it means doing what they love. Time is critical and is not the same as money; not everyone can afford to make risky decisions but it is still important to take into consideration the time it will take them to make these decisions and understand that buying materialistic objects can hinder the ability to afford wanted changes.
This book is for readers who are not happy with their job or where they are in life, work-wise.
I received a free copy of this book.
Thank you to LibraryThing and author.
The book provides a distinction between task, work, job, and career. The book also asks the reader whether their decisions are worth doing or whether they should fight the unknown if it means doing what they love. Time is critical and is not the same as money; not everyone can afford to make risky decisions but it is still important to take into consideration the time it will take them to make these decisions and understand that buying materialistic objects can hinder the ability to afford wanted changes.
This book is for readers who are not happy with their job or where they are in life, work-wise.
I received a free copy of this book.
Thank you to LibraryThing and author.
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