In Praise of Friends
If you think this post is going to be all about my book, forget it. Instead, I want to tell you about my friend Roman Krznaric, who is blogging here next week. We're being published together, on the...
View ArticleShould We Aim to Be “Wide Achievers” in Our Careers?
For the last century everyone from career advisers to nagging parents have been telling us that the best way to use our talents is to become a high achiever — an expert in a narrow field. But one of...
View ArticleHow to Write a Personal Job Ad
How are you supposed to discover your ideal job? The standard method is to fill out lots of questionnaires about your strengths and weaknesses, take some psychometric tests, and spend hours researching...
View ArticleHow to Find Fulfilling Work in 15 Minutes
When The School of Life launched its new practical philosophy book series, we celebrated with an event in London where each of the six authors — amongst them philosopher Alain de Botton — did a...
View ArticleWhat Is the Greatest Book on Working Ever Written?
Studs Terkel / Photo by James Warden What is the greatest book on working ever written? Easy. Studs Terkel's Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do. The...
View ArticleShould You Turn Your Hobbies into a Career?
More than a century ago, the French writer François-René de Chateaubriand made the following observation: A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his...
View ArticleSix Life Lessons from Leo Tolstoy
It's 150 years since Leo Tolstoy put pen to paper and began writing his epic War and Peace. While most people think of him as one of the 19th century's greatest novelists, few are aware that he was...
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