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Dear Work: Something Has to Change
Stand out doing the work you love without burning out.
Do you love your job but feel stressed to the max? Are you exhilarated by your achievements but lately have you been feeling like you cannot keep going at your current pace? Does some part of you know your relationship with work has to change? Then Dear Work is for you.
Chief vitality officer of leadership research and coaching firm BrainAMPED, Sara Ross explains exactly how you can keep accelerating in your career and achieving great things. The first step is to stop convincing yourself that the rules of overwork don’t apply to you. But by putting the power of brain science into action, you can get out of a survive-the-day mentality and reignite your take-on-the-day vitality at work.
In Dear Work, you will to identify four tricky “success traps”—mistaken beliefs that snare you into thinking you’re doing what it takes when really what you’re doing is taking from you.How to adopt a “yes, and” stress mindset and develop a better approach to stress management.Proven, actionable techniques for boosting your vitality at work so that you stand out without burning out.And much, much more.
You don’t need another book telling you to slow down, temper your passion, or ease up on your ambition. But you may need a new way to fuel both your desire to shine and your refusal to let up. A practical love letter to you and your professional life, Dear Work will show you how.
Do you love your job but feel stressed to the max? Are you exhilarated by your achievements but lately have you been feeling like you cannot keep going at your current pace? Does some part of you know your relationship with work has to change? Then Dear Work is for you.
Chief vitality officer of leadership research and coaching firm BrainAMPED, Sara Ross explains exactly how you can keep accelerating in your career and achieving great things. The first step is to stop convincing yourself that the rules of overwork don’t apply to you. But by putting the power of brain science into action, you can get out of a survive-the-day mentality and reignite your take-on-the-day vitality at work.
In Dear Work, you will to identify four tricky “success traps”—mistaken beliefs that snare you into thinking you’re doing what it takes when really what you’re doing is taking from you.How to adopt a “yes, and” stress mindset and develop a better approach to stress management.Proven, actionable techniques for boosting your vitality at work so that you stand out without burning out.And much, much more.
You don’t need another book telling you to slow down, temper your passion, or ease up on your ambition. But you may need a new way to fuel both your desire to shine and your refusal to let up. A practical love letter to you and your professional life, Dear Work will show you how.
274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 31, 2023
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September 13, 2023
Utter drivel
June 9, 2026
Interesting and thought provoking ways to consider work life balance and priorities.
March 25, 2023
This book taught me what I needed to do to overcome my work addiction. It provided me with tools and strategies in order to change my negative work habits. I am now taking Sara’s advice and already starting to feel better about my work-life balance. I feel more energized and better about myself. A very good read if you are a high achiever at work and want to spend more time working on yourself and your loved ones.
March 17, 2023
Through diligence, hard work, and plenty of personal experience, Sara Ross offers to us a work manifesto on how to understand our place within work and work's place within our lives. Ross touches on popular topics such as burnout and understanding whether one's position is right for you. In a similar feat, she also offers constructive ways of thinking about work and how to analyze the burnout you may be experiencing. From ways to replenish your reserves--companies give you vacation time...so use it! Don't let them take that time away from you!--to attempting to change your mindset for when your tasks get repetitive, her insights are both applicable and valuable.
My favorite part of this book--besides the tongue-in-cheek coffee stains--was her idea of constructing a Resilience Resume. I've heard the advice before of saving compliments and positive feedback in your inbox, but I've never heard of this concept before. She argues that you should create a Word Document, diary, whatever works for you, and write down your adverse experiences, both in your personal life and in your professional life, and how you've overcome them. This, she says, will give you something to refer to for when the going gets rough. You're a tough person and a good worker! You deserve to remind yourself of what you've accomplished, especially when imposter syndrome sets in.
Of course, Ross recognizes that sometimes a job is not a good fit and promotes a toxic and unhealthy work environment. Sometimes a culture cannot be changed by just one person. This is an important distinction to make when working through your stress and burnout. Sometimes the solution isn't to take a deep breath and center yourself. Sometimes the solution is to leave.
Realistic, truthful, and applicable. This book makes for a good read.
My favorite part of this book--besides the tongue-in-cheek coffee stains--was her idea of constructing a Resilience Resume. I've heard the advice before of saving compliments and positive feedback in your inbox, but I've never heard of this concept before. She argues that you should create a Word Document, diary, whatever works for you, and write down your adverse experiences, both in your personal life and in your professional life, and how you've overcome them. This, she says, will give you something to refer to for when the going gets rough. You're a tough person and a good worker! You deserve to remind yourself of what you've accomplished, especially when imposter syndrome sets in.
Of course, Ross recognizes that sometimes a job is not a good fit and promotes a toxic and unhealthy work environment. Sometimes a culture cannot be changed by just one person. This is an important distinction to make when working through your stress and burnout. Sometimes the solution isn't to take a deep breath and center yourself. Sometimes the solution is to leave.
Realistic, truthful, and applicable. This book makes for a good read.
March 14, 2024
While not anything ground-breaking, Dear Work does a great job of breaking down burnout, work-life balance, and providing concrete examples of how to maintain vitality in both work and personal times. Engaging read and relevant. It's refreshing to read a book on work-related personal development that's not decades old.
May 21, 2023
It seemed like it would be better when I picked it up. It had some good reminders but it wasn’t as good as i anticipated
March 3, 2024
Very good read. For sure need to put a lot of this in practice with my workplace so that I stop getting burnt out and overworked.
May 7, 2024
didn’t learn anything new really
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