The Detachment Paradox

FEELING LIKE A PERPETUAL PRISONER OF WORK?

Here are seven keys to set yourself free -- without having to quit your job. Your job is supposed to be what you do for a living. Yet, increasingly these days, our employers act as if our primary purpose in living. As a result, it all too often tends to crowd out all other essential aspects of our existence -- not only family relationships, but a sense of personal identity.

So, rather than take that job and shove it, you can instead take that job and rise above it -- and all by taking a more objective approach to your work.

Entrepreneur, management consultant, and author Anthony Zolezzi has spent the past 25 years developing innovative products and companies like the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Pet Promise Pet Food. He is frequently called on as an expert by national media outlets, including NBC's Today show, "Time" and "Newsweek" magazine. He is also a co-author of "Chemical-Free Kids" (Kensington/Twin Stream.)