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Don’t Call It Quits
Book

Don’t Call It Quits

Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Love

McGraw-Hill, 2022 more...


Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Background
  • For Beginners

Recommendation

When your job stinks, you should just find a better one, right? As many unhappy employees know, life doesn’t always work this way. But staying in a job you dislike doesn’t mean you’re stuck and doomed to misery. Relying on advice from experts, journalist Shana Lebowitz Gaynor offers real-life examples, practical tips and guided exercises to help you start reshaping your role. Although this book is written for professionals at any career stage, it will offer the most insight to a younger audience – or anyone with high expectations of a fulfilling career.

Take-Aways

  • Staying in a job you dislike is an exercise of agency – you aren’t trapped.
  • Quitting isn’t the only path to satisfaction.
  • Start improving your daily work experience by pinpointing the real problem(s).

About the Author

Shana Lebowitz Gaynor is a journalist at Business Insider, where she covers careers, leadership and the future of work.