Work Backwards

Something's about to break, and if we don't change direction soon, it's going to be us.

It doesn't matter in which industry or where: too many of us are overworked, disengaged and apprehensive about the future of work. In his life-affirming new book, bestselling author and founder Tim Duggan argues that we approach work and life the wrong way around.

Fuelled by a powerful realignment that's questioning the way we traditionally think about and interact with our workplaces, in Work Backwards you'll discover:

• Why reversing your thinking can have such an oversized impact
• The four things you need to live a full life right now
• How to easily reset your life–work balance
• How to use tools like remote, hybrid and flexible work properly
• Why this is the right moment to experiment with work
• Expert guidance from the world's leading work and happiness researchers
• A new army of people who are rethinking their relationship with work

Learn valuable, practical tools to work better and live a fulfilled and meaningful life that takes advantage of this once-in-a-generations opportunity to reverse your thinking and reclaim your life from work.

'Absolutely brilliant and life-changing. This book will help you take back control of your life.' Hugh van Cuylenburg, author of The Resilience Project

'This is a rare book: both profound and useful. Take your time and savour every page, it will change you for the better.' Seth Godin, author of The Song of Significance

'Tim Duggan is the master of a gentle but firm invitation to reassess our values and relationship to work ... Nothing could be more valuable.' Benjamin Law

Tim Duggan is an optimist who firmly believes in the power of business to do good. He has co-founded several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media, one of the leading publishers for Australian millennials.

Tim's first book, Cult Status: How to Build a Business People Adore, was awarded the Best Entrepreneurship and Small Business Book at the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards, and his second book on creativity, Killer Thinking: How to Turn Good Ideas into Brilliant Ones, was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by Apple Books.

Tim is the chair of the Digital Publishers Alliance, an industry body that represents over one hundred and fifty titles from leading independent digital publishers. He began his career as a music journalist for Rolling Stone, and lives with his husband in Mallorca.

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