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Bringing Your Soul to Work
book

Bringing Your Soul to Work

by Alan Briskin, Cheryl Peppers
August 2000
Beginner content levelBeginner
260 pages
5h 7m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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image5Playing with Wild Cards

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When we begin working on our own souls, we discover that we are not self-made. Our identity depends on Another. We cannot make ourselves… but fortunately a wild card has been announced.1

—ALAN JONES

IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO recover the lost pieces of ourselves in isolation. It takes bumping into a lot of difficult situations and people to find out who we really are, and for this the workplace setting is ideal. Consider the surprise at the impact of another person on our lives. This wild-card “other” might take the form of a mentor, whose loyalty is unquestionable and whose insights have solidified our own sense of competence, ...

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ISBN: 9781605096179