A little work that's bound to show one the ways (6,5)

'bound to show one the ways' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'a little work' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'work' could be 'guide' (guide is a kind of work) and 'guide' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pocket' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'that's' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?