What You're Really Meant to Do

A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential

by Robert S. Kaplan

Number of pages: 256

Publisher: Harvard Business Press

BBB Library: Psychology and Strengths, Personal Success

ISBN: 9781422189900



About the Author

Robert S. Kaplan is the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School.

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Editorial Review

Creating your roadmap to success is all about self-discovery and understanding your skills, discovering who you are, and defining what you want. Only then, you can develop strategies for navigating your life and career in a systematic approach for thinking, learning and reaching your potentials.

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"What you’re really meant to do is a lifelong journey. There isn’t a final destination. It is a process of steps of trying to understand yourself, building competencies and adding value to others." The Wall Street Journal

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Wisdom to Share

Each of us has unique qualities that we bring to any situation.

Creating your roadmap to success is all about self-discovery and understanding your skills, discovering who you are, and defining what you want.

Having passion helps you work on developing your strengths, addressing your weaknesses.

You know that the most important person you’ll have to learn to manage is you.

Understanding your life experience is critical to managing yourself and also to employing the techniques needed to feel energetic.

You can better understand your actions by understanding your life story.

There is no right answer when it comes to actions that will help you achieve your dreams and reach your potential.

Great careers and organizations are built on people who are willing to act like leaders.

Great organizations depend on people having the guts to innovate, compete and win.

An ownership mindset is a powerful tool in reaching your potential.

One of the biggest impediments to reaching your potential is isolation.

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