Tuesday Thread: Your Three Foundational Books
We are called upon to answer life’s ultimate questions: What kind of person do I want to be? What story do I want to tell? What gives me meaning?
Bruce Feiler • Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age
Ask yourself, “What are the questions I’ve always been interested in?”
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
Identify three people who are striving toward aspirations similar to your own. Use them as benchmarks. What are their differentiators? How did they get to where they are? Bookmark their LinkedIn profiles, subscribe to their blogs and tweets.
Ben Casnocha • The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
ask three questions: “What do I feel deeply inspired by?” and “What am I particularly talented at?” and “What meets a significant need in the world?”
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
- What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life?