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The book in 3 bullets
We should measure our life by what actually matters to us and not by job/career accomplishments.
Finding fulfillment is different for each person but there is a framework for guidance.
What you think brings happiness vs what actually brings happiness are different.
Who is it for?
If you are not fulfilled with your job or your life as a whole.
If you’ve attained a certain level of success but still haven’t attained true happiness.
If you are not sure what truly matters in your life long term.
Why did I read it?
I’ve achieved a certain level of career and financial success I’ve set out for myself and felt lost once I got there.
I didn’t know what it means to be fulfilled and what brings that fulfillment.
I was curious about what matters at the end of life.
What does it help with?
Figuring out what actually means in a broad human experience and personally.
Understanding that what we “want” will change over time and how to adapt your ambition with the changing environment.
Recognize that purpose and fulfillment is here and now. Not far off in some career title or a future version of your life.
What I got out of it
Set your principles and be unwavering in who you are.
People and friends need to be watered every day. It grows like trees. Get ahead and be consistent.
Care less about your status in society but more about the role you play in the relationship you have with those around you.
Top 7 Quotes
Too many of us who start down the path of compromise will never make it back.
It is frightfully easy for us to lose our sense of the difference between what brings money and what causes happiness.
If the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.
High achievers focus a great deal on becoming the person they want to be at work—and far too little on the person they want to be at home.
Having shallow friendships with many but deep friendships with none;
The only way to have those relationships bear fruit in your life is to invest long before you need them.
Self-esteem—the sense that “I’m not afraid to confront this problem and I think I can solve it”—doesn’t come from abundant resources. Rather, self-esteem comes from achieving something important when it’s hard to do.
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