Zen and the Art of Making A Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design [An Arkana Book]

Boldt, G., Laurence; Laurence G. Boldt

ISBN 10: 014019469X / ISBN 13: 9780140194692

Published by An Arkana Book/Penguin Arkana/Published by the Penguin Group, New York, et al., 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zen and the Art of Making A Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design [An Arkana Book]
• Publisher: An Arkana Book/Penguin Arkana/Published by the Penguin Group, New York, et al.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 014019469X
• ISBN 13: 9780140194692
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Gail Belenson (Cover Design); Iskra (Calligraphy by)
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Jobs, Careers, Employment, Labor Supply, etc.

About this title

Synopsis

An inventive and down-to-earth career guide, featuring 120 easy-to-use worksheets, proposes a new vision of work, helping people recognize what they really want to do and offering practical suggestions for finding that work. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Review

The bad old days of multiple-choice-test career counseling are over. It takes more than a #2 pencil and a computer to find your life's work, as career consultant Laurence G. Boldt tells us in Zen and the Art of Making a Living, a hefty but lighthearted tome that will help you find yourself and your place in the world. Boldt is quite up-front about it, though: it's a long, hard journey to get there. But his uplifting prose and liberal doses of inspirational quotes from wise men and women provide support for the weary traveler. Indeed, in between learning how to find the kind of work that strikes the right chord for you, figuring out what skills and talents you'll need to succeed at it, and righteously persisting until you get your reward, you may find lapses and stumbling blocks you hadn't expected--but Boldt has seen them all and finds the right words at the right time to keep you moving. Like a traditional career book, Zen and the Art of Making a Living includes résumé advice and worksheets for narrowing down and sticking with your goals; however, it takes off from there to guide the reader on a quest for spiritual fulfillment through work, something you won't find elsewhere. This updated edition contains plenty of Internet-related information and other resources unavailable in 1990 and is invaluable for anyone concerned about his or her future in the world of work. --Rob Lightner