Channel happiness and find your purpose with stories from the world's leading minds
Work is Love Made Visible offers the insights of some of the world's greatest thought leaders as they tackle one of life's most difficult treasure hunts: finding purpose. The word "purpose" is big. Very big. And heavy. It carries the weight of a lifetime of work and struggle; the weight of legacy, and the mass of days spent not doing something else. It's something we all grapple with at some point-some of us find our purpose, others spend a lifetime searching. A lucky few grow to realize they've been working their purpose all along. Most of us aren't quite that lucky; often, fulfilling your purpose requires some kind of change-career, lifestyle, habits, family-and what then? Are we selfish for the upheaval, or are we fulfilling destiny? Once we know our purpose, how do we pursue it?
This book asked those very questions of people who have followed their purpose and succeeded on a global scale. Their un-distilled answers are here, lending you the wisdom of their experiences, their examples, inspiration, and motivations as they:
- Tackle the universal struggle with individual purpose and meaning
- Illustrate how personal thought patterns contribute to real-world action
- Move challenges into the opportunities of their lives
- Reveal how they arrived at their life's purpose, and what they sacrificed to get there
We all want a meaningful life. We want to work together for a brighter future, we want to celebrate our differences and commit to good. We want to inspire others, nurture their talents, and help them grow. We want to look back one day on a life well-lived, and leave something behind that matters to the world. Work is Love Made Visible shows you how some of us have succeeded, and offers you insight and guidance so that you can do the same.
Discover Your Purpose
"Work Is Love Made Visible comes at a time in human history when working together towards a cooperative future is critical. We recognize that such working together requires us to share our insights into what we see as our greatest challenges and opportunities as a global society and how we can address these issues going forward. Working together requires us to look out the window and see what is not yet seen by others, to share what we see with our fellows, to listen to others as they share their views, and from this build a healthy, functioning global society based on inclusion and cooperation."
-From the Preface
Praise for Work Is Love Made Visible
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Work Is Love Made Visible is a work of love-a genuinely moving exploration of the meaning and significance of work. Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, and Sarah McArthur have assembled an extraordinary group of contributors who enrich the conversation on the power of purpose by taking the reader on deeply personal journeys into themes of character, service, defining moments, fellowship, and the future.
Work Is Love Made Visible is a not a book that you read, however. It's a book you ponder over, sit with for a while, and to talkbout with friends and family. In fact, this is really not a book at all; it's an enriching and engaging experience."
-Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the best-selling
The Leadership Challenge and the Dean's Executive Fellow, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
"This wonderful compilation-who's who of the world's top management thought leaders- presents a bold vision and practical ideas for how we can develop personal purpose in our lives and work. A must read for anyone looking to bring the spark back to their life's work."
-Herminia Ibarra, The Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School
"Frances Hesselbein is one of the truly great role-model leaders of our time. She inspires all who know her and her work to commit to leading in a spirit of noble purpose, guided by her life's philosophy: To Serve is to Live!"
-Jim Collins, author Good to Great
