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- Have you ever wondered why the "Sunday night scaries" feel so inevitable, and what if you could replace that dread with genuine excitement for Monday morning?
- What if you could transform your current role into your dream career without ever having to update your resume or change companies?
- Are you curious about the secret to reclaiming your personal power at work so that your job finally starts serving your life, rather than the other way around?
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Key Takeaways from Own It. Love It. Make It Work.
- Understand how viewing your employment as a mutually beneficial social contract gives you the leverage to proactively transform your current role into your dream job.
- Learn to evaluate your career using a cost-benefit analysis so you can proactively change the dynamic with your manager instead of waiting for things to improve.
- Master the use of a growth mindset to transform negative feedback into professional development and confidently ask for the recognition and compensation you deserve.
- Discover how to pinpoint your true professional strengths using the SIGN framework—Success, Instinct, Growth, and Need—to identify the tasks that leave you feeling genuinely fulfilled.
- Find out how a simple calendar analysis can help you track positive emotions at work and align your true strengths with company goals for a win-win outcome.
Learning Tools
Reinforce what you learned from Own It. Love It. Make It Work.
Mind Map
Own It. Love It. Make It Work.
Take Control of Your Job
The Social Contract
Growth Mindset & Needs
Organizational Self-Esteem
Advocating for Needs
Aligning Strengths
The SIGN Framework
Application
Developing New Skills
Identifying Gaps
Categorizing Skills
Execution
Cultivating Relationships
The Platinum Rule
Adapting to Work Styles
Emotional Intelligence
Finding Deeper Purpose
Job vs. Career vs. Calling
Reframing Meaning
Actionable Habits
Two Roses and a Thorn
Quiz — Test Your Understanding
Question 1 of 8
According to the book, how should employees view their relationship with their employer?
Own It. Love It. Make It Work. — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: You have control over how your job looks today.
Chapter 3: Adopting a growth mindset allows you to keep learning and to fully understand your needs.
Chapter 4: Align your strength with the company’s goals for a win-win outcome.
Chapter 5: Rediscover your love for work by developing valuable new skills.
Chapter 6: Cultivate genuine relationships rather than undermine your connections with coworkers.
Chapter 7: Align yourself to your work’s deeper purpose as the final step to making it work.
Own It. Love It. Make It Work. Summary & Overview
What’s it about?
Own It. Love It. Make It Work. (2020) is a groundbreaking guide on how to beat the “Sunday night scaries” and make your job work for you. Combining productivity concepts with self-empowerment, this book outlines how anyone can take charge of their career and attain professional fulfillment.
Who Should Listen to Own It. Love It. Make It Work.?
Who’s it for?
- Professionals looking for greater fulfillment in their work
- Managers interested in maximizing their employees’ potential
- Folks hoping to do work that really matters to them
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