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    Healthy Work: Putting the Good Back Into Work
    Healthy Work: Putting the Good Back Into Work
    Healthy Work: Putting the Good Back Into Work
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    Healthy Work: Putting the Good Back Into Work

    By Scott Godwin

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    Work is not what it used to be. It's not valued, respected, or enjoyed. This is a tragedy. There was a time when and if a man was working, he was happy and fulfilled.
    It's time to put the good back into work.

    Work is a beautiful and joyful thing. Work is about more than just making money, though making money is important. This book is about finding meaning, fulfillment, and health through work. This book will show you how to be proud again of a job well done.

    If you're underemployed, unemployed, or working but not motivated, happy, or fulfilled, then this is the book for you. It's been called "Chicken Soup for the Soul meets Harvard Business School". Healthy Work will change forever the way you look at work, inspiring you and teaching you the way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScott Godwin
    Release dateMar 3, 2016
    ISBN9780996272636
    Healthy Work: Putting the Good Back Into Work
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    Scott Godwin

    When we move with a purpose, then motivation, happiness, and health will follow. The Japanese have a word for this - Ikigai - a reason for being. Movement can strengthen not only the body, but the mind and the spirit. Scott Godwin has a passion for helping people use physical activity to live a better life and perform better. He is the founder and owner of Live Well Inc., a health, fitness, sports, and wellness consultancy with individual and corporate clients all over the US and has helped 1000s of people achieve their goals, including Fortune 100 Executives, Olympic and Amateur athletes, and individuals with disabilities, among many others from all walks of life. Scott has spoken at many prominent organizations, such as The Capital City Club and Natural Body Health Spas, and Auburn University, the University of Pennsylvania, Georgia Tech, and Georgia State University and has been featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, and on NBC and several national and international radio stations. Scott earned his MS in Exercise Science from Georgia State University and his Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion from Auburn University and enjoys living an active life and giving back to the community.

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      Healthy Work - Scott Godwin

      Healthy Work

      Putting the Good Back into Work

      By Scott Godwin, MS

      Foreword by Marion Glover

      President, Glover Capital, Inc.

      Roots Publishing®

      Copyright ©2016 by Scott Godwin

      Roots Publishing ® 2016

      Atlanta, GA

      Smashwords Edition

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Please do not participate in or encourage the piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword by Marion Glover

      1. Introduction: Work is good

      2. What is the Purpose of Work? To Create Value & Fulfill Human Needs & Desires

      3. What is the Responsibility of a Business? To Create Value & Do No Harm

      4. What is Healthy Work? Meaningful & Constructive Life-Sustaining Work

      5. What are the Values of Healthy Work? The Characteristics of Work That Make It Healthy and Life-Sustaining

      6. What are the Components of a Healthy Work Environment? Integrating Mind, Body, Spirit

      7. What does Healthy Work Look Like in the Real World? Case Studies & Practical Principles

      8. Questions, Exercises, & Tips for Healthy Work

      9. Practical Principles of Healthy Work & The Healthy Work Model™

      Sources

      Suggested Reading

      "Man, the subject, is the purpose of work, not the objects it brings about." -RJ Snell

      Foreword for Healthy Work

      As someone who at 73 is asked almost daily by friends When are you going to stop working? my answer is I don’t know. I honestly don't know because my wife (who works with me) and I rarely think about it, since our work is such an enjoyable part of our life. Working and contributing is part of who we are and what we're all about.

      Scott Godwin’s book Healthy Work identifies how all people of all backgrounds and education levels, even in the latter stage of their life, can find work a healthy and rewarding endeavor. We feel so rewarded when we help a client work through a complex, difficult situation and when we see a project through to the end. It provides my wife and me a meaningful purpose. There is an irreplaceable feeling of satisfaction in getting the job done right and doing the best we can every time.

      Yes, work can most certainly be both healthy and fun at the same time and it's a joyful thing when approached the right way. This superb book will show you how to get there in your own working life.

      I couldn’t recommend more to study this book carefully and re-read it again and again, using it as a lifetime guide to find Healthy Work in your life.

      Marion Glover, CFP

      Glover Capital

      About Marion Glover

      Prior to founding Glover Capital, Mr. Glover worked for more than fourteen years for The Coca-Cola Company, where he attained the positions of Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning and Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning and Information Systems. Mr. Glover has also served as President of Edwards Baking Company and President of Peterson Companies. He has a Securities Principal license and is a Dean’s list graduate of Georgia Tech where he is a trustee emeritus of the Georgia Tech Foundation, earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and was the recipient of a J. Spencer Love Fellowship.

      1. Introduction: Work is good.

      What Ranks Above All Else for Economic and Political Reconstruction Is a Radical Change of Ideologies. Economic Prosperity Is Not So Much a Material Problem; It Is, First of All, an Intellectual, Spiritual, and Moral Problem.

      -Ludwig Von Mises

      Fish Market, 1890

      We as Americans will spend much of our lives working. Sometimes we work so much that we don't stop to think about why we work and what our work means to us. Working really is a way of life. Work is a choice. Work is a philosophy. We choose to work, or we choose not to. Work is a crucial part of who we are as individuals and as a nation. It doesn't matter what type of work we do or how much money we make, if we view our own lives as important, then our work will be important. Whether it's mentally, physically, or spiritually, how we approach our work will also have a huge impact on our health. We should take work seriously.

      Based on the enthusiastic feedback I got in regard to my first book, Movement & Meaning (about the effect of exercise on mental health) and the sections in it which emphasized the importance of a healthy working life, I decided to tackle the topic ofwork and what exactly makes it healthy, thus the title of this book- Healthy Work. Look at this book first and foremost as a defense of the nobility and pure goodness of work, from the simplest of tasks to the most complex engineering, technology, medicine, or finance. This book is coming along at the right time: the American Middle Class is now a quickly shrinking minority. (1) It’s getting harder as workers in America

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