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

by Bill Burnett

Good enough for now is one of the big reframes of this book. Cultivating this attitude doesn’t mean life or work can’t get better, or that things never change, or that you stop learning and growing. On the contrary, changing our internal narrative to “good enough for now” makes it possible for everything in our external situation to transform.

Research has made it abundantly clear that one of the secrets to a happy life is to learn how to enjoy what you have.

What makes life meaningful and what maximizes your happiness and longevity are relationships—who you love and who loves you.

Real influence comes from a repeat record of adding value and being recognized for it.