Surviving the Daily Grind: Bartleby's Guide to Work

Review Praise for Philip Coggan: 'How did humanity transform the world over the last 10,000 years? Philip Coggan provides a comprehensive and lucid account -- Martin Wolf ― FT books of summer 2020 This is economics entertainingly and expertly demystified ... One of the best financial journalists of his generation -- James Kirkup ― Times Big and timely ... Coggan's account of the rise of the world economy is accessible and mercifully free of jargon ― Sunday Times Product Description We spend a lot of our time at work and would be depressed with nothing to do. But when it gets to Monday, many of us are already longing for the weekend and the prospect of escape. How did work become so tedious and stressful? And is there anything we can do to make it better? Based on his popular Economist Bartleby column, Philip Coggan rewrites the rules of work to help us survive the daily grind. Ranging widely, he encourages us to cut through mindless jargon, pointless bureaucracy and endless meetings to find a new, more creative - and less frustrating - way to get by and get on at work. Incisive, original, and endlessly droll, this is the guide for beleaguered underlings and harried higher-ups alike. As Rousseau might have said: "Man was born free, but is everywhere stuck in a meeting." If you've ever thought there must be a better way, this is the book for you. Book Description The esteemed Bartleby's one-stop guide to surviving the daily grind About the Author Philip Coggan writes the Bartleby column for Economist and is the former writer of the Buttonwood column. Prior to joining Economist he worked for the Financial Times for 20 years. In 2009, he was voted Senior Financial Journalist of the Year in the Wincott awards and best communicator in the Business Journalist of the Year Awards. Among his books are The Money Machine, a guide to the city that is still in print after 25 years and The Economist Guide to Hedge Funds. His book Paper Promises was Spears' business book of the year in 2012.