You can enjoy your job! New book explains how.

PR Log (Press Release) – Nov 29, 2008 – Imagine waking up on a Monday morning and being happy at the thought of another day doing the work you love…


After 11 years of working at corporates in Europe and Australasia, Joanna Penn knows what it’s like to hate your job. She left London burnt out, overweight and depressed and came to Australia to start again. Now she has written a book using her experience as a consultant and her degree in psychology to help other people find happiness in their work. Her book How to Enjoy Your Job is available now online at http://www.HowToEnjoyYourJob.com and also globally at Amazon.com.

“This book is the result of my own search for a job that I love,” says Penn, “I was tired of being miserable and stressed every day. So I identified how I wanted to work and moved towards that goal. The book contains strategies, tips and inspiration on how to really enjoy your job.”

How to Enjoy Your Job contains targeted chapters to help people with specific work-related issues. One of the most common problems is boredom, so there is a section on how to focus on self-development to leverage yourself out of that situation. There are chapters on the effects of stress and how to manage it, as well as how to focus on your life outside of work and the importance of creativity. For those people who are trapped by the pay-cheque, there are tips on how to change your financial situation and make the most of your money.

“Wow, wow and Wow! You’ve captured every feeling I’ve had, corroborated some of the efforts I have already undertaken, and given me some new ideas for what to  do next .I can take strength from the very clear sense that I’m not alone – in the experience of work, my attitude towards it and in the drive to find something better.”

Cathie Wilson, Marketing, Brisbane



Many people feel mismatched in their work. They don’t know what they want to do, but they know it is not the job they are in now. How to Enjoy Your Job contains a series of questions to help people identify what they really want to do, and also a Career Change process map to steer them through the journey. There is a free downloadable workbook available from http://www.HowToEnjoyYourJob.com which contains the first chapter of the book, plus all the diagrams and questions.

“The book has been life-affirming and given me new insights into what I should do – I’ve changed my job as a result of this and haven’t look back…I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who has been wondering why on earth they are in the job they’re in.”

Anna-Marie Fielding, Manager, BUPA International, UK


The importance of this book is emphasized by frequent studies showing that people are unhappy with their work, and this spills into their lives. With the growth of depression, obesity, the credit crisis and economic uncertainty, people need to enjoy their work more than ever if they are to be happy with their lives.

“I believe that people want to work, but they want to do something meaningful as well as financially rewarding”, Penn says, “The book can help people identify what they want and how to take control of their life in order to make it happen.”

For more information on How To Enjoy Your Job, or to order online in print, ebook or audio format, go to http://www.HowToEnjoyYourJob.com.  A portion of the profits from sales of the book will go to The Outward Bound Trust to fund teenagers on the OB experience, which fosters self-determination and self-confidence.




ATTENTION EDITORS AND REVIEWERS:
Review copies are available in PDF or print format by emailing joanna@HowToEnjoyYourJob.com
Book review by Nielsen Business Media – Kirkus Discoveries available at website on Press Kit page.

Video, testimonials and articles are available on the website http://www.HowToEnjoyYourJob.com

Joanna also has a blog at http://www.JoannaPenn.com