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Four Secrets to Liking Your Work
You May Not Need to Quit to Get the Job You Want
Edward G. Muzio - Deborah J. Fisher, PhD - Erv Thomas, PE
Financial Times Press, February 2008
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Do you dread the first day of your work week?
Do you wish you could make your job better?
Do you dream of quitting and never returning?
Do you want to change jobs but fear ending up somewhere worse?

If so, this book and website are for you!

You are not alone
More than three quarters of US workers are looking for a new job, because they don't like what they do.*  And the problem isn't limited to the US, although that's where it may be the worst.  The world is flat, and we hear stories of Monday Morning Dread from around the world.  One European study suggests that in some countries of the EU, job dissatisfaction plagues up to a third of the workers.**

If you're in the US, imagine a room filled with 10 of your coworkers. Whatever they do and whatever their rank, odds are that seven or eight of them don’t like their jobs. Do you know which ones? Are you one of them?

In fact, studies suggest that one of those 10 is actively working against the company. If you are trying to be productive, that person is actively working against you too. 

			Imagine a work life so compelling that if you won the lottery, it would change your bank account balance but not your daily routine.

Stop the Suffering
This trend is terrible! It's detrimental to the people doing the work they hate, and disruptive for the companies they work for. It's damaging to the families and children of the unhappy workforce, and counterproductive for the economy as a whole. It's even bad for the contented minority who like their jobs, because they are surrounded by miserable coworkers and "misery loves company."

Start the Solution
This is not a stop-whining-fast program inflicted on you by someone else.  It's also not a program of denial, closing your eyes and imagining a better world. Liking Your Work is about you doing what you can to make your work life better.

Imagine for a moment that you looked forward to going to work. Imagine work that was fun, engaging, and felt more like recreation and less like…well, work! Imagine thinking, “I can’t believe I get paid for this.”

If this sounds good, you have come to the right place!

*Multiple sources, e.g. SHRM, DataDome
**European Community Household Panel, adapted by Bauer, T.K., 2004