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'So many people talk about work as a burden and about quitting their job. With good advice and practical steps to thrive and advance your career, Aliza Knox shows how you can make it work for you.' Dr Hans-Paul Buerkner, Managing Director and Global Chair Emeritus, Boston Consulting Group 'Aliza Knox proves that mindset, not just passion, drives career success.' Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor In Don't Quit Your Day Job , former Google and Twitter executive Aliza Knox delivers hands-on, practical steps for surviving and thriving within organisations. Driven by Knox's four decades working in and leading some of the world's most celebrated firms, and featuring candid accounts of other people's successes and missteps in global tech, consumer goods, healthcare, academia, social services and more, this book is an essential guide to integrating your professional and personal goals to build a fulfilling, complete life. With six provocative, proven, practical mindshifts, learn how to: thrive at work and at home foster connections that matter build stamina for the long haul care for your career as you would any other relationship excel in today's hybrid, often dispersed world of work stay energised and driven. Whether you're just starting your first job or you're ready to rise to the C-suite, Don't Quit Your Day Job will help you advance and flourish in the workplace.

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'So many people talk about work as a burden and about quitting their job. With good advice and practical steps to thrive and advance your career, Aliza Knox shows how you can make it work for you.' Dr Hans-Paul Buerkner, Managing Director and Global Chair Emeritus, Boston Consulting Group 'Aliza Knox proves that mindset, not just passion, drives career success.' Kim Scott, bestselling author of Radical Candor In Don't Quit Your Day Job , former Google and Twitter executive Aliza Knox delivers hands-on, practical steps for surviving and thriving within organisations. Driven by Knox's four decades working in and leading some of the world's most celebrated firms, and featuring candid accounts of other people's successes and missteps in global tech, consumer goods, healthcare, academia, social services and more, this book is an essential guide to integrating your professional and personal goals to build a fulfilling, complete life. With six provocative, proven, practical mindshifts, learn how to: thrive at work and at home foster connections that matter build stamina for the long haul care for your career as you would any other relationship excel in today's hybrid, often dispersed world of work stay energised and driven. Whether you're just starting your first job or you're ready to rise to the C-suite, Don't Quit Your Day Job will help you advance and flourish in the workplace.

Author Biography

Aliza Knox built and led APAC businesses for three of the world's top technology firms. Named 2020 APAC IT Woman of The Year, she spent decades as a global finance and consulting executive and is now a non-executive board director, a senior advisor for BCG, and a regular columnist for Forbes, where she shares her wisdom (and humour) to help professionals who dream of 'doing it all'. Wendy Paris is an essayist, journalist and six-time author whose work has appeared in the New York Times and Psychology Today.

Table of Contents

Letter to the reader ix mindshift one Go for both: Your work and your life are on the same team 1 mindshift two Stamina is a muscle. Build yours! 29 mindshift three Connection trumps tech savvy … even in tech 51 mindshift four You are in a relationship with your career: Nurture it 79 mindshift five Get a move on! Use movement to stay energised and thrive 107 mindshift six Distant is the new diverse: Include the international and working-from-home team 133 Moving forward 163 Acknowledgements 165 Appendix: Quick reference guide 167 Endnotes 171 Index 179

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