Love your job: the new rules of career happiness

Content: Love Your Job
 Contents
 Introduction: What My Dog Taught Me about Loving My Job
 Chapter 1 Curing the Workplace Blues
 Should You Switch Careers?
 Chin Up!
 Take It Up a Notch
 Loving Your Job
 The \"HOVER\" Approach
 Get a Grip
 How to Use This Book
 Chapter 2 Creating the Blueprint for Your Dream Job
 Map Your Future
 Your Past Isn\'t Prologue
 Nothing Is Forever
 Look at the Big Picture
 What Would Make You Love Your Job?
 What Are Your Work Goals?
 Adopt New Ways to Envision Your Career
 Chapter Recap
 Chapter 3 Do an MRI on Your Work and Your Life
 Create Your Job \"Budget\" Sheet What Does Your Work Really Mean To You?Write in Your Journal Every Day for a Week
 Is Your Pay What\'s Really Bothering You?
 A Can-Do Philosophy
 Consider Taking a Self-Assessment Test
 Get Ready to Love Your Job
 Chapter Recap
 Chapter 4 Refresh Your Attitude: The Keystone to Your Love Your Job Action Plan
 Attitude Adjustment
 Create Your Own Purpose
 Write It Down
 A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
 Build a Bear
 Practice HOVERing
 Mental Games
 Adjusting Your Attitude
 What to Do If You\'re Bullied at Work
 Step Right Up and Enroll in My Three-Step Fitness Program Part I: Get in Shape FinanciallyPart II: Get Physically Fit
 Part III: Seek Spiritual Fitness
 Chapter Recap
 Chapter 5 Beyond the Job Description
 Take Time for Renewal
 Volunteering and Mentoring
 Do Volunteer Work
 Be a Mentor or Sponsor
 Find Your Own Mentor or Sponsor
 Adding Value to Your Job
 Take Control of Your Time
 Cut Back on Interruptions
 Learn to Delegate
 Stop Stalling
 Get Involved in \"Extracurricular\" Activities
 Chapter Recap
 Chapter 6 How to Build Flexibility into Your Job
 Work Flexibility and Happiness
 A Myriad of Flextime Options
 How Is Flextime Working? Stay EducatedHit the Road
 Getting Over the Hurdles
 Get Someone Else to Pay
 Search Out Affordable Options
 Take an Educational Sabbatical
 Chapter Recap
 Chapter 8 How to Have the \"What\'s Next?\" Talk with Your Boss
 The Time Is Now
 Questions to Ask Yourself before the Big Meeting
 Your Plan-and-Prepare Strategy
 Step 1: What\'s in It for Them?
 Step 2: Play Your Cards Close to the Vest
 Step 3: Talk to Colleagues Who Have Made Similar Changes
 Step 4: Tweak Your Elevator Speech
 Step 5. Schedule a Formal Meeting with Your Boss
 Step 6: Make Some Noise
 Carrying Out the \"Ask\"