Love + Work
by Marcus Buckingham
Find the 'red threads' of activities you love, weave them into your work, and redesign roles around them. Buckingham's most personal book, with his own story and a method for the reader.
Read it if…
you want to find what you love in your work and do more of it.
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Skip it if…
you want organisational strategy.
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Three things you will actually use
- Red threads: find them, pull them.
- Twenty percent love protects against burnout.
- Design your role around the threads.
Do this first
Keep the 'loved it / loathed it' list for one week.
Our verdict
Red threads.
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