Books · 2021
Hayatta İş İşte Hayat
Work to hold on to life, life to hold on to work
Searching for work in life in order to hold on to life, and searching for life in work in order to hold on to work, is a concern we all share. Life fills us and we fill life. The quality of the gaps we fill in life also shows our own quality.
What others wrote about the book
“Hakan Karataş's book is an easy-to-read handbook, written in clear and lucid language, for young people preparing for working life and for those at the start of the career ladder.”
Prof. Dr. Acar Baltaş
Psychologist
“Transformation means leaving yesterday behind for the sake of a better tomorrow. In this book Hakan Karataş does not merely make a better tomorrow visible for individuals, companies and institutions; he also points to what must be left behind.”
Şeref Oğuz
Dünya Gazetesi, Chair of the Editorial Board
“You will drink in this work, full of advice destined to become monumental, and you will thirst for it again and again. The peace that governance brings lies in its timing. Institutions are not inanimate; they are living organisms.”
Dr. Celal Sami Tüfekci
Deputy Head of the Presidency of Defence Industries; Chair of the Board, HAVELSAN Inc. and ULAK Inc.
“In every chapter of this work — written by Prof. Dr. Hakan Karataş in very plain language and a distinctive style, drawing on his experience and what he has lived through — you will find a wealth of valuable, horizon-opening and guiding insights and suggestions.”
Prof. Dr. Arif Adlı
Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc., Head of Human Resources and Talent Management
“Hayatta İş İşte Hayat tells us — without alarming us — that we must turn our faces, not our backs, to the truths of a changing world. The book answers questions that matter to the world of work: Why should we change? Why should we simplify? Why and what should we accumulate? Its invitation to notice the hierarchy of values and to honour them makes the book all the more meaningful, and its call to lifelong studentship yields a powerful insight.”
Hülya Mutlu
Trainer and speaker