Alan Lurie - Making It Work at Work: A Guide to Career Development and Fulfillment

A Guide to Career Development and Fulfillment (Collection)

Alan Lurie
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Chapter 2: Working the Eddies
Pace Yourself to Preserve Your Sanity

Chapter 3: Mastering the Roll
Prepare to Fail Gracefully and Recover Quickly

Chapter 4: The Power of Play
Optimism and Resilience

Chapter 5: Personal Flotation
You Are Responsible for Your Own Security

Chapter 6: Scouting and Portaging
Set Your Own Course

Chapter 7: Rising Above the Roar
Communicate Through Symbols

Chapter 8: Building Flocks
Teaming for Today's Run

Chapter 9: Leading Trips
Guiding Through Permanent Whitewater

Finding Unexpected Purpose, Peace, and Fulfillment at Work

Alan Lurie

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lurie, Alan J., 1958
Five minutes on Mondays : finding unexpected purpose, peace, and fulfillment at
work / Alan Lurie.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-13-700778-7 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Work ethic. 2. Work-
Psychological aspects. 3. Chance. 4. Self-actualization (Psychology) 5. Peace of
mind--Religious aspects. I. Title. II. Title: Inner peace and self- fulfillment at work.
HD4905.L87 2009
650.1--dc22
2008036457

Five Minutes on Mondays is a gold mine of enrichment for both the soul and the new bottom line. It is an easy read with a deep and profound impact. Start your work week by reading a chapter every Monday, and youll stay fulfilled all the way to Friday.

Martin Rutte, Chair of the Board, The Centre for Spirituality
and the Workplace, Saint Marys University, and co-author of the
New York Times business best-seller, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work

Five Minutes on Mondays is one of those breakthrough books that one cant help giving to every corporate nay-sayer you know. Full of uncommon wisdom that we sometimes miss in everyday life, its a beautifully written near-manifesto about making work life a lot more fruitful.

Charles Decker, publishing consultant and author of
Lessons from the Hive: The Buzz on Surviving and
Thriving in an Ever-Changing Workplace

I began to read this book at the end of a stressful day. About 30 pages in I realized that the stress had faded and in its place was a quiet peacefulness. I found this remarkable. I believe you will, too. Highly recommended.

Stewart Emery, best-selling co-author of Success Built to Last
and Do You Matter?

Luries wise and wonderful book should grace every karmic capitalists bookshelf. His clever and deep thoughts underline the fact that devotion isnt purely limited to the spiritual world, nor is the idea of being successful purely a concept for those working in skyscrapers. Alan reminds us that finding a sense of meaning and purpose in what we do may align us with unimagined success and a profound awakening to who we are.

Chip Conley, CEO, Joie de Vivre Hotels

Most collections of business aphorisms instruct us on what to do to be successful. Alan Lurie operates on a different level and is suggesting who to be to be successful. In this book, Alan is pointing to a way of Being that honors the human spirit. Read Alans suggestions to elevate your spiritthen bring that spirit to your work. The promise is: both you and your client will be more fulfilled, more satisfied, and more engaged in your business relationship.

John King, Senior Partner, CultureSync, and
co-author of Tribal Leadership

Five Minutes on Mondays is a book of savvy and surprises. Lurie offers a tasting menu of wisdom, counsel, insight, psychology, and wonderful stories. But be warned, these little servings will last on your palate far longer than the five minutes it takes to consume them.

Peter Pitzele, Ph.D., author of Our Fathers Wells: A Personal
Encounter with the Myths of Genesis and Scripture Windows:
Toward a Practice of Bibliodrama

Luries Five Minutes on Mondays is a gema must-read for anyone who works at their faith and who believes in their work. Business professionals of all kinds and from all religious traditions will find Luries light touch and real-world applications of his own Jewish tradition humorous and helpful as they strive to succeed without selling their soul.

David W. Miller, Ph.D., Director, Princeton University Faith &
Work Initiative, and President, The Avodah Institute.

Rarely can you take Five Minutes and feel so renewed, replenished, and revitalized to return to your job and life with such a smile on your face and spring in your step. That is exactly what Five Minutes on Mondays promises and delivers.

Mark Goulston, author Get Out of Your Own Way at Work

T O THOSE WHO DREAM OF, WORK FOR, AND STRUGGLE WITH
THE PROMISE OF HEAVEN ON EARTH .

Theologians define grace as:

The free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God.