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100 1  Tokumitsu, Miya,|eauthor. 
245 10 Do what you love :|band other lies about success and 
       happiness /|cMiya Tokumitsu. 
250    First Regan Arts hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bRegan Arts,|c2015. 
300    188 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent. 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia. 
338    volume|2rdacarrier. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-171) and 
       index. 
520    The American claim that we should love and be passionate 
       about our job may sound uplifting, or at least, harmless, 
       but Do What You Love exposes the tangible damages such 
       rhetoric has leveled upon contemporary society. Virtue and
       capital have always been twins in the capitalist, 
       industrialized West. Our ideas of what the zvirtuesy of 
       pursuing success in capitalism have changed dramatically 
       over time. In the past, we believed that work undertaken 
       with an ethos of industriousness promised financial 
       stability and basic comfort and security for our families.
       Now, our working life is conflated with the pursuit of 
       pleasure. Fantastically successfuland popularentrepreneurs
       such as Steve Jobs and Oprah Winfrey command us. zYouve 
       got to love what you do,y Jobs tells an audience of 
       college grads about to enter the workforce, while Winfrey 
       exhorts her audience to zlive your best life.y The 
       promises made to todays workers seem so much larger and 
       nobler than those of previous generations. Why settle for 
       a 30-year fixed rate mortgage and a perfectly functional 
       eight-year-old car when you can get rich becoming your 
       zbesty self and have a blast along the way? But workers 
       today are doing more and more for less and less. This 
       reality is frighteningly palpable in eroding paychecks and
       benefits, the rapid concentration of wealth in the hands 
       of a tiny few, and workers loss of control over their 
       labor conditions. But where is the protest and anger from 
       workers against a system that tells them to love their 
       work and asks them to do it for less? While winner-take-
       all capitalism grows ever more ruthless, the rhetoric of 
       passion for labor proliferates. In Do What You Love, 
       Tokumitsu articulates and examines the sacrifices people 
       make for a chance at lovable, self-actualizing, and, of 
       course, wealth-generating work and the conditions 
       facilitated by this pursuit. This book continues the 
       conversation sparked by the authors earlier Slate article 
       and provides a devastating look at the state of modern 
       Americas labor and workforce. --|cprovided by publisher. 
650  0 Job satisfaction. 
650  0 Success in business. 
650  0 Industrial relations.