Tom Rath

Researcher and #1 New York Times bestselling author of 12 books. New book, What's The Point: Turning Purpose Into Your Daily Superpower, is out April 28th.

[Tom Rath @TomCRath]

Great list for Spring reading from @NextBigIdeaClub!

I just started Big Time by @lvanderkam and can't wait to read Inside the Box by @DavidEpstein . . .
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[Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵ @sbkaufman]

I actually love this take

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What Your Kids Actually Remember About Growing Up https://t.co/OHhQsHPJ9y

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What's the Point of a Life?

A deeply personal discussion with one of the most thoughtful hosts of all time, @jonathanfields on @goodlifeproject

A few takeaways:
- Purpose is manufactured in the lab of our daily choices.
- Life isn't a ladder. It's a garden.
- We fall into a career at 18 looking through a pinhole — then call it identity at 40.
- No headstone mentions a title, an income, or a follower count. Build your day around what they do mention.
- The purest form of giving happens in rooms where no one is watching.

Full conversation on all platforms at: https://t.co/9JU1jGMVfV

[Andy Kaufman @Andy_Kaufman]

@TomCRath and I had a great conversation this week about his new book, "What's the Point?"

The discussion will eventually be published in episode 515 of the People and Projects Podcast.

In the meantime, here's a passage that I've been thinking about ever since reading the book....

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What if the thing you spend the most time on at work won't matter a year from now (or ever)?

This was the focus of a lively and entertaining conversation I had with Amantha Imber on the How I work Podcast👇

Spotify: https://t.co/O6yuolxxli

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Claude can replicate your competence. It can't replicate your contribution.

The one career skill that compounds — and the question that finds it.
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I had a great conversation with @DoctorDuncan on @Forbes that published today.

Think he summarized things better than I have been able to in closing: "purpose was never something to find someday. It was always something to do today."

Very thoughtful questions and article:
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What's the Point? Turning Purpose Into Your Daily Superpower. https://t.co/hplkdlNJQw

Out today.

Stop waiting for your wake-up call.

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Key findings from the new book:

1. "Follow your passion" is bad advice.

Not because passion isn't real. Because most of the passions you think you're following were quietly assigned to you by proximity.

You didn't discover them. You inherited them.

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6. The fundamental problem with passion is that it's selfish. It asks, "What do I want?"

Purpose is generous. It asks, "What does the world need?"

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Every notification triggers the same dopamine pathway as cocaine.

The book on what's actually killing us — out today.

What's the Point? Turning Purpose Into Your Daily Superpower.

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Your career is a hand-me-down. Until you decide it isn't.
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The fundamental problem with following your passion is that it's selfish. It asks, "What do I want?"

Purpose is generous. It asks, "What does the world need?"

When we place our own interests at the center of our career decisions, we miss the profound connection that comes from seeing how our efforts improve other lives.

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Just did this interview where they asked about my most important daily practice for performance. Then I stumbled on this research showing how sleep resets not only our health, but also our mood.

Getting one good night of sleep — and allowing that night to reset your thoughts, relationships, and energy — may be the best life hack of all.

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Addiction to short-form videos is associated with reduction of brain activity in the frontal lobe and weakened focus.

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New interview with @porchlightbooks on What's the Point?

https://t.co/IdrLB3toqa