Catch Hold Of What Youre Really Meant To Do Put Together By Robert Steven Kaplan Provided As Digital Version
couldnt finish it. Geared almost exclusively towards professional, Corporate , business oriented careers, The blurb for this tells most of the story, Many people find themselves in unsatisfying careers because they set out to satisfy the expectations of others rather than themselves.
I'm not quite sure that he lays out the clearest of paths for avoiding this, but a number of good arguments are made through which one can wander on the way to making up their own minds.
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts, " the internet says this quote is often misattributed to Albert Einstein, as does Kaplan,
This wanderlust book I liked, The exercises and the ideas in it differ not a lot from the other books I've read the past few weeks.
However, the tone, the stories, and the frames clicked for me,
Kaplan shares lots of anonymized stories from people who talked with him about their career growth.
Given these meetings happen at Harvard Business School, there's quite a bit of elitism baked into the professional situations.
Kaplan's tone though, and the telling of his own story, makes more universal the situation of assessing one's skills and designing a personalized journey to maximize contributing them to society.
One big takeaway: ask yourself: "Do I have enough passion for what I do to sustain my worth ethic" If you're looking for a quick read on how to maximize your potential at work, this book may be for you.
On the positive side, the author provides an introspective road map that I agree is essential for recognizing, understanding, and using your traits and values to reach your definition of success.
However, there was very little discussion on how to handle factors that are, indeed, completely out of your control, such as business failures and office politics.
The text, though, was wellwritten and concise I got through it in one day yet I would not recommend it to those who want more depth on this important topic.
This does not tell you what you're meant to do, It tells you how to improve upon your current job, Alas, I have no clue as to what I'm really meant to do, I'm enlightened with ignorance. Also, the stories there are enough to induce a migraine are unnecessary and dull, Thanks for nothing. It was so boring that I had to skim the lastp to make it here.
Some useful advice but it seemed more relevant to businesspeople working in big companies with opportunities for progression, rather than people thinking of a career change in a variety if industries.
I just skimmed the case studies, I don't think it delivers on the promise made in the title of the book, Robert Kaplan, Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, describes a specific and actionable roadmap for helping you define your own success and reach your unique potential.
This effort requires several key steps in an integrated process, as well as a high level of motivation and hard work.
Kaplan proposes specific steps and exercises to help you understand yourself more deeply, take control of your career, and build your capabilities in a way that fits your passions and aspirations.
In What Youre Really Meant to Do, he draws on numerous years of experience and real life experiences in helping people achieve their aspirations and rethink their approach to their personal and career development.
This book helps the readers about defining their own success and making the roadmap to reach the success.
There are explanations and examples in real life, Worth to read if you are still looking about the meaning of your life, I heard about this book and thought, Hmmm, sounds interesting, I'll get it some time because I spend a good deal of my time thinking about what I'm really meant to do.
Of course, then I didn't bother to get it, So I'm in the library, glancing at the new books section and there it is, Easy, so I check it out,
At first glance I figure it's a typical, "Get to know your strengths, find your passion, conquer the world" type book, but what the heck.
And, yes, when you first crack it open, sure, he talks about finding your strengths and all that.
But what kept me reading was that he asks the reader to ask some really interesting questions about that.
Some of them are kind of hard questions that hurt your brain to think about, Homework! Gah!
Then, a little more than halfway through the book and it's not a fat book, btw, he says that's fine, all very well good.
But here's how you kick it up a notch, here's how you find a fulfilling career.
Not necessarily a career that rakes in the big bucks, Not necessarily a career that makes the world swoon at your feet, And not just a career, but a life, Here's how to make a good life,
And, darn it, if he doesn't seem right about that, And, no, I'm not going to sum it up here because it's really important to read it in the context of the way he lays it out.
Maybe "What You're Really Meant To Do" won't resonate with you the way it did with me.
Maybe if I'd read this at another point in my life it wouldn't have resonated so much with me.
Maybe if I hadn't seen the ways I've gone wrong and what I've observed in others that's gone right it wouldn't resonate.
Maybe you'll think he's glib or full of crap or not specific enough or too specificI have no way of knowing about you.
What I do know is there's an insight and a perspective I haven't seen in any other book of this kind.
Highly recommended.
أفكار من كتاب What Youre Really Meant To Do
فكرة الكتاب :
عليك أن تشق طريقك الخاص في حياتك وأن تعرف النجاح
وتقيسه بما يناسبك أنت شخصيا, . عليك أن تكون صادقا مع
نفسك مؤمنا برسالتك واثقا من قناعاتك وملتزما بمبادئك.
فالنجاح مسألة إنجاز وتأثير إيجابي فيما تضيفه لهذا العالم بما
تلعبه من أدوار فريدة في الحياة.
أفكار من الكتاب :
قيمة كل واحد منا تستمد من أدائه وعطائه وإبداعه.
من المستحيل أن تحقق التميز في وظيفة تكرهها.
لكي تكون في أفضل حالاتك في وظيفتك يجب أن يكون هناك
حد أدنى من الميل والشغف.
أنت ثمرة أعمالك.
ساعد الآخرين دون التفكير في أي عائد مباشر وبدون أي شروط.
من العقبات التي تبقيك في الظل وتحول بينك وبين إطلاق
قدراتك وإمكاناتك هي أن تبني حولك أسوارا وتعيش في عزلة.
أحط نفسك بعلاقات قوية تتمتع بسمات التفاهم الثقة والإحترام.
عش حياة بسيطة خالية من التزامات لا ضرورة لها ليتسنى لك التركيز
على أهدافك وأن تستثمر في مهاراتك وقدراتك.
ابتعد قليلا عن روتين العمل. . خصص أوقاتا للسفر والرحلات لتحقق
التوازن في حياتك.
استثمر في علاقات إنسانية مثمرة وحافظ على توهجها ودفئها.
لتحميل ملخص الكتاب :
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This book is useful for people who work in the corporate world and want to figure out how to improve.
I don't think it will help people figure out what they are really meant to do.
I still liked the book but it took me a couple of tries to finish it.
All I remember about this book was that it was highly forgettable, What you're really meant to do, . . is read something else. This is the first book Ive read in a long time that I just didnt care for.
To me, the book felt like more of a guide for how to excel at your current job, rather than how to find what youre passionate about.
The author argues that you need to get to know yourself first through the exercises he lays out, which I dont disagree with.
But there was very little for help in the way of finding out what to do next.
Much of the advice he gives are common sense to me at this point because Ive been hearing them for years.
Its always nice to hear those little nuggets about how you have to live life for yourself and cant follow someone elses plan and expect to be happy, but I came looking for novel insight.
The worst part for me were the examples or case studies he gives, They were so vague and most were finance or business related, Pair that with the audio version read by Wes Talbots predictable cadence and tone and youve got something stronger than NyQuil.
This may help some people, but it definitely wasnt for me, This book told us that we need to understand ourselves, because everyone is different, so we have to pursue different goal in life,
the writer also encourages us to avoid social standards and believe in our main principles.
If you are struggling with what's next and are you doing what you were made to do, this is a good start with actionable steps to get you there.
Should be required reading foryear olds, A quick yet great read, The author elaborates some unequivocal practices that do work in the journey of better understand yourself.
Also, some impediments that one might face and gain upper hands over them, Actually this book wasnt bad, . . it was good and hopefully will encourage me to change some habits,
I read the book during a holiday trip, I promised myself that during this holiday I will pause and reflect back on my achievements and failures, and decide what really I want to do with my life.
Kaplans book gave me a framework to start that process,
The book was logical in its approach to asking yourself the right questions, It also gives a "clinical" definition of certain traits and skills that are useful to know in order to understand yourself.
Although the book was mainly targeted to your professional career, it is also useful for your personal aspirations.
The book is much better than "What to ask the man in the mirror".
I found it more fulfilling and practical, I highly recommend it if you want to start a more intentional and structured journey in understanding yourself.
For practical purposes I used Evernote application to list the summary and activities suggested, I also started writing my personal story and see what trends I might discover, I think the title creates an unrealistic expectation that after reading this book, you'll know what you're meant to do.
It doesn't. The answer doesn't come from someone else, You have to do some soul searching and identify what makes you happy, That's not new, nor any of the other concepts in this book, The book is useful in that it contains stories that readers can relate to, . . and maybe one of these stories will spark an insight or motivate a person to
take actions for a career move.
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