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Average rating3.3
Similar but more modern follow up to “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”. My problem with the book is that it seems to claim you can't derive the same sort of satisfaction of doing good work when you're doing knowledge work for an employer with a strong profit motive. In my experience I'm not sure this is true, vs doing a “traditional” craft job where you can easily see the impact on your neighbor of the work you're doing. That said, the book was well written and an enjoyable read. I loved the depiction of the lower-level manager who finds himself caught in the position where he to show his employees that he's really “fighting for them” emotionally while having to turn around and show his higher ups that he's really “getting their goals accomplished” in rational presentations.