Designing Your Work Life: How to Thrive and Change and Find Happiness at Work

by Bill Burnett

Try Stuff Here’s a simple checklist that you can use to calibrate where you’re at when it comes to creating a meaningful job and work that matters. Fill in the questionnaire with different jobs—current and past. Don’t forget, you might have a “job” that you do not get paid for. Fill out a checklist for that job as well—you might learn something about where meaning and passion come from in your life. Job description: Rate whether you mostly agree (yes) or mostly disagree (no) with the following statements about the job listed above. QUESTIONNAIRE 1—I enjoy almost every day at this job. ☐ YES ☐ NO 2—This job is one of the stepping-stones in my career, and I want to do a good job in order to have better opportunities in the future. ☐ YES ☐ NO 3—I am more interested in this job than I was when I started. ☐ YES ☐ NO 4—I think I might be moving toward or potentially have found my calling with this job. ☐ YES ☐ NO 5—I enjoy learning new things on this job, almost every day. ☐ YES ☐ NO 6—Setbacks at work don’t discourage me. I don’t give up easily. ☐ YES ☐ NO 7—I like setting personal and professional goals, and I use this job to accomplish my goals. ☐ YES ☐ NO 8—I have the autonomy to do this job the way that I think is best. ☐ YES ☐ NO 9—I enjoy collaborating with my peers at this job. It is one of the best parts of this job. ☐ YES ☐ NO 10—I’m working hard to get better and better at this job. Someday I hope to master all the elements of this job, move on to the next level, and ...