The Multi-Hyphen Life: Work Less, Create More, and Design a Life That Works for You

by Emma Gannon

Overview

If you've been itching to convert your craft into a career, your side-hustle into a start-up, or just want to think about work-life balance in a new way, then The Multi-Hyphen Life is for you.

In The Multi-Hyphen Life, award-winning British author-podcaster Emma Gannon explains that it doesn't matter if you're a part-time PA with a blog, or an accountant who runs an online store in the evenings—whatever your ratio, whatever your mixture, we can all channel our own entrepreneurial spirit to live more fulfilled and financially healthy lives.

Technology allows us to work wherever, whenever, and enables us to design our own working lives. Forget the outdated stigma of “jack of all trades, master of none,” because having many strings to your bow is essential to get ahead in the modern working world. We all have the skills necessary to work less and create more, and The Multi-Hyphen Life is the source of inspiration you need to help you navigate your way toward your own definition of success.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524852429
Publisher:	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date:	04/14/2020
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,091,151
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Emma Gannon is an author, award-winning podcaster, speaker, and columnist who was named one of Forbes UK's “30 under 30” in 2018. She is the former social media editor of British Glamour and has been published everywhere from The Times (UK) to Teen Vogue. Her popular interview podcast, Ctrl Alt Delete, where she discusses work, culture, and careers with interesting people from all walks of life, has been nominated for a Webby Award and has been recommended by Wired, Esquire, Elle, Red, Marie Claire, and many more. This is her second book. She lives in London.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Dictionary Definition of Success vs. [Insert Your Own] 13

2 Generations and Motivations 33

3 The Rise of the Multi-Hyphenate 55

4 Our New Work Self 71

5 Burnout Culture 85

6 The Work-Life Blend 104

7 Multi-Hyphen Life Tool Kit 119

8 The Four Fs: Failure, Fairness, Flexibility, Feelings 134

9 Real vs. Shallow Connections 151

10 Our Relationship with Money 166

The End (Sort of) 179

Notes 183

Index 192

Acknowledgments 199

About the Author 200

Editorial Reviews

"It was a pleasure to read...the way we all work is going to change in the coming years." (Richard Branson, business magnate and philanthropist)

"Turns out, The Multi-Hyphen Life — Gannon’s guide to designing a flexible career that works for you — might just be the playbook we all need right now." (Forbes Magazine)

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