How to give yourself a better job, when quitting feels like your only option (and you can’t quit)

Dave Evans, coauthor of the new book Designing Your Work Life, explains how he advises professionals to redesign their work lives. In 2007, Dave Evans & Bill Burnett cofounded the Stanford Life Design Lab where they teach the enormously popular course “Designing Your Life” that inspired their 2016 worldwide bestselling book of the same name. Their new book, Designing Your Work Life, is a response to the thousands of requests they’ve received for help to make life better at work. Here, Dave tells the job redesign story of a former student, now in her mid-30’s:Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

[ Fast Company | 2020-03-10 10:00:26 UTC ]
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How to give yourself a better job, when quitting feels like your only option (and you can’t quit)

Dave Evans, coauthor of the new book Designing Your Work Life, explains how he advises professionals to redesign their work lives. In 2007, Dave Evans & Bill Burnett cofounded the Stanford Life Design Lab where they teach the enormously popular course “Designing Your Life” that inspired... Continue reading at Fast Company

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As a Reader, Mo Willems Gives Himself Permission to Quit

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How I Quit My Job And Finally Wrote That Novel

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10 Famous Creative Minds That Didn't Quit Their Day Jobs

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RuPaul Is Sending a Rainbow Bus to Give Away Books Targeted by Bans

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If We Could All Feel God’s Love: PW Talks to Savannah Guthrie

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Amazon's Audible is laying off 5% of its workforce, marking another round of job cuts in tech

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