Why Read this book?
Our Work is not just How we make a living.
Our work is a major component of our lives, and our level of contentment and success at work affects every other part of our lives. Work is not just about making money, it is also about being fulfilled, helping others, and being an addition to the world.
1. Making a Living is the Reason We Work
Creating an income stream is important, but that is not the purpose of work.
2. Helping Others is the Purpose of Work
Service to others is the purpose of all work. If we are not helping people, what are we doing?
3. Our Head Skills Show us What to Do
We need high-level technical skills to enable us to do our work well.
4. Our Heart Skills Guide our Efforts
We need a compassionate heart to direct our efforts toward that which is useful and helpful to others.
Why This Book is Useful
Our success at work is important to ourselves, our families, and the world. This book lays out a plan for a long and gratifying career.
- Experience: Real-life examples that illustrate the importance of professionalism
- Ideas to Consider: Hundreds of ideas about improving your professionalism
- Food for Thought: Concepts that will keep you thinking about your level of professionalism each day
What You Will Get
With this book you will not get a magic solution. Instead you will get something more valuable: practical insights about how to become more successful and fulfilled in your work. John has refined his professionalism principles in his work in the aviation industry, and he has taught them in the US, Asia, Europe, and New Zealand, and to professionals from the Middle East. In all cases the feedback has been, “This is what is needed in our workplaces.”
- Insights from an author with forty years of real-life experience collaborating with others to make things work smoothly
- An opportunity to reflect about how you are living and working
- Motivation to grow personally and professionally