It’s not just your job – it’s your life.
Discover the inspiring philosophy that helped thousands overcome burnout and find happiness in and out of work.
Why do we work? Each of us has a sense of the role work plays in our lives – it is where we spend most of our time, our thoughts, and our energy. Yet work has become a means to an end: a necessity we bear so we can “live the rest of our lives.” And so, we become disengaged from our work; we become dissatisfied; we burn out.
The truth is that we cannot survive without work, but we also cannot work simply to survive.
In The Gift of Work, Tibetan master Tarthang Tulku offers a vision of work as a genuine and fulfilling spiritual path, one that can be walked by anyone and integrated deeply into daily life. Introducing this approach (which Tarthang Tulku calls Skillful Means), the text is filled with practical methods for developing awareness, opening to change, and sharing our life and insights with others. Twenty-four exercises help us see the attitudes we bring to work and encourage appreciation, concentration, and whole-hearted engagement.
Previously published as Skillful Means.
ISBN 978-0-89800-420-5
166 pages