Live Life, Love Work

by Kate Burton

Overview

There’s a world of difference between making a living and having a life

Are you working too hard and forgetting to enjoy life? Balancing the demands you face every day can feel like being trapped in a frustrating maze, but there is a way out. You can take control and live the life you want to live – and love your work at the same time

Whose life is it anyway?

Live life, Love Work from bestselling NLP expert and coach, Kate Burton, is full of ideas for reviewing your priorities and re-charging your energy levels. With practical exercises and personal stories to fire up your imagination, you’ll be inspired to create the life you want to live.

Learn how to:

• Get the best of both worlds – fulfillment in and out of work
• Reclaim ownership – be brave and take bold actions for change
• Get a life you can live with – without giving up the buzz and benefits of work

“Live Life, Love Work really resonated with me. It’s precisely the type of themes explored in this book that have made a difference in my career.” – Steve Williams OBE, British Olympic Gold Medallist

“This book demands attention. You will be inspired to take action to change your relationship with work.” – Farren Drury, MBE, Director, LIW

“If you need the inspiration to change your life for the better, this is the book for you.” – Rosie Miller, International Executive Coach 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857080325
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/12/2010
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	719 KB

About the Author

Kate Burton has co-authored three books in the 'For Dummies' series: Neuro-linguistic programming for Dummies (2004); Building Confidence for Dummies (2006); and Neuro-linguistic programming Workbook for Dummies (2008). She is a well respected international professional coach, and an active member of the International Coach Federation. She works with business leaders and executives looking to make changes in their business performance, stakeholder relationships, career transitions and personal well-being.
Kate's particular strengths lie in enabling professionals to express themselves powerfully. Over the last twenty years, she has consulted on communication and change with organisations across industries and cultures - such as KPMG, GlaxoSmithKline, SwissRe and Waitrose, as well as leaders in Education, 'SME's and entrepreneurs. She delivers custom-built workshops and seminars for corporations that boost motivation, self-awareness, confident communication and health. She leads two not-for profit activities that help people find confidence and purpose in their working lives.
Coming from a background in marketing and PR, Kate is well placed to actively market and promote her books via her corporate workshops, talks, press activity, networks and online media. She plans to run specific workshops with business groups around the 'Live Life, Love Work' theme. For the past four years, she's written a monthly newsletter on self-confidence for the website set up to promote Building Self-Confidence for Dummies.
Kate is the 'Motivation and Confidence' expert, contributing regularly to an on-line community at www.missionpossible.co.uk. She also writes a blog at www.turquoisemoments.blogspot.com which has postings about taking time out from work to enjoy the 'here and now'. She also has the support of dedicated expertise in social media within Microsoft and will develop a technology-based promotional campaign that capitalises on blogging, Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In and other appropriate social networks.
kateburton.co.uk

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1

Introduction 3

1 Setting Off 13

2 Physical Energy 43

3 Mental Energy 75

4 Emotional Energy 107

5 Purposeful Energy 137

6 Brave Action for Change 169

Resources you may find helpful 193

Index 197