Why We Work - Barry Schwartz
Category: Business
Narrator: Barry Schwartz
Tags: Business, Self-help
An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace., Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex, and urgent., Weve long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact weve shaped much of the infrastructure of our society to accommodate this belief. Then why are so many people dissatisfied with their work, despite healthy compensation? And why do so many people find immense fulfillment and satisfaction through menial jobs? Schwartz explores why so many believe that the goal of working should be to earn money, how we arrived to believe that paying workers more leads to better work, and why this has made our society confused and unhappy and has established a dangerously misguided system., Through fascinating studies and compelling anecdotes, this book dispels t
