The Most Successful People Don't Do What They Love

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The most successful people don't do what they love, says Ai-jen Poo. The threshold seems to be 20% of your day is red thread work. When you're doing something and when you're done with it, you're not drained. That feeling of mastery conveys a sense of authenticity. You feel as though the thing you just did was not too spiritual, but of your essence.

Marcus Buckingham reveals strategies for identifying the work that fills you up.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The secret to finding your “love” at work

2) How you can be “irreplicable” at work

3) Why you should see your job as a scavenger hunt, instead of a ladder

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— ABOUT MARCUS —

Marcus Buckingham is a global researcher and New York Times bestselling author focused on unlocking strengths, increasing performance, and pioneering the future of how people work. He is the author of two of the bestselling business books of all time, has two of Harvard Business Review’s most circulated, industry-changing cover articles, and his strengths assessments have been taken by over 10 million people worldwide. He currently runs all ADP Research Institute’s studies on People and Performance.

• Book: Love + Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life

• Instagram: @marcusbuckingham

• Website: LoveAndWork.org

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself by Daniel Boorstin

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