Change the Way You Face the Day

The ever-insightful Allan Cox, best known for offering discerning counsel on understanding the difference between work performed at a job and one’s life’s work, is sure to delight his loyal readers with his new book, Change the Way You Face the Day. In it he demonstrates more than ever the importance of integrating one’s personal life with work that is a calling and therefore a life’s work. He shows how everyone—whether a bricklayer, a Wall Street banker, a waitress, or the first woman governor of Virginia—can learn to see every event, no matter how small or momentous, as a priceless piece of a mosaic that depicts the whole of life itself. This short book is the first in a series designed to be read and discussed in small groups. Each of its thirteen chapters begins with one of Cox’s strong, direct, clear poems about a seemingly small issue. The poem is followed by one of his stylized photographs, some pithy comments, and discussion questions that will coax participants to explore new ways to integrate their life and life’s work. Change is what people seek, and changed perception is the way. As a special bonus, the book contains a brief user-friendly guide that can be used to enhance the collective experience. Group members will be able to apply the skills they learn here to any other group or endeavor in which they participate on or off the job. Though Change the Way You Face the Day is intended to be read in a group and is likely to offer optimal impact in that setting, individual readers will also benefit from it and find ways to enhance their self-growth.