Don't Call It Quits: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Love

by Shana Lebowitz Gaynor

There are other—often better—ways to find fulfillment at work besides leaving your job

It can be tempting to fire off a letter of resignation (or at least fantasize about doing so) when you're unsatisfied or unhappy at work. But leaving a stable job can be impractical. And often there are other, less dramatic, ways to get what you want out of your career.

In Don't Call It Quits, Shana Lebowitz Gaynor draws on her experience writing about career development to show how you can more deeply connect to your work, reclaim agency in your career, and find the freedom and happiness you're seeking—without upending your life with a job change. As Shana explains, you aren’t caught between two terrible "stick around and suck it up" or leave and hope for something better. You probably have many more choices than you realize.

Don't Call It Quits is your how-to guide for exploring those options. You'll finally be able to turn the job you have into the job you love, with smart strategies backed by scientific research and the real-life experiences of workplace experts including social scientists, HR chiefs, and career coaches to high-achieving professionals.

Packed with tips that show you how to shape your own work experience, Don't Call It Quits delivers an eye-opening look at what it takes to shift your mindset to get more out of your job—and more out of life.

Genres: Nonfiction

268 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 23, 2022

Reviews

[Dimitri · Rating 5 out of 5]

📕 Why (Not) to read this book (Target Audience)

If you are considering to change your job, then first read this book. It could be that tweaking your current your current job (job crafting) will bring more enjoyment,

👀 How this book changed my daily live (Takeaways)

The favorites parts off my job:
Seeing people progress
Making someone smile every day

⁉ Spoiler Alerts (Highlights)

15 revealing questions
1. What are your favorite parts off your current workday
2. When in your career did you feel most engaged
3. What might that gratifying experience look like now
4. 3 most important attributes you bring to work (strengths)
5. What is the most important in job right now (values)
6. Is it conceivable to get this in your job right now?
7. What drew you to your current job?
8. What is the gap between the applied job and current reality?
9. What are your least favorite parts of your job?
10. How do these least favorite parts make you feel?
11. What outcomes are these least favorite parts driving?
12. How would your boss react on crafting your job?
13. What stops you making changes at work?
14. What would a new role deliver?
15. What advice would you give people in the same situation?

[Paiman Chen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trust there are many good reasons.

Quitting does not always solve the problem.

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great information for you to use if planning on modifying your work environment.

[sliceofmini · Rating 4 out of 5]

The beginning of this book really had me , the prompts/ questions were what I needed for some introspection ; but after part 1 , it kinda lost me not because it’s bad advice but it’s just advice I already knew going in .

Overall I think it’s a decent book if you’re interested in the title and I like how the author tries to get you to ask yourself a lot of things before you actually decide if you want to quit ( which also has a section about quitting in the end )

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for work, interesting book to "really" evaluate why you want to quit your job? Should you quit the job? Weighing the pros and cons, might be worth it to stay. Why you should look elsewhere for a job.