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It's Not About You
- A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life
- Narrated by: Scott Merriman
- Length: 54 mins
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Summary
From the author of the #1 bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0 comes a moving memoir and inspiring call to action for bettering your own life by doing your best for others.
Life is not about you. It’s about what you do for others. That’s the realization that has driven Tom Rath - the mega-bestselling expert in self-development research - to evolve his focus from one’s inward search for strength to the larger outward search for purposeful contribution to others. It’s Not About You is a short introduction to the next chapter in the life and career of perhaps our greatest living self-help writer.
Diagnosed with a rare genetic condition at age sixteen, Tom’s awareness of his own mortality drove him to pursue a meaningful life in the nurturing care of his family, including his eventual mentor and collaborator, Tom’s grandfather Don Clifton. In this empowering hybrid of a self-help memoir, Tom remembers and celebrates his greatest teacher as he emphatically encourages each and every one of us to answer life’s great question: What can I put into the world?
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- Anna Nym
- 23-02-21
thought provoking
it's a short listen but packed with thought provoking ideas of the authors life on how to put the focus in your life on doing good for others instead of feeding your own ego. I enjoyed it.
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- Misii Hastings
- 05-07-20
It's about living a life of purpose
I loved every bit of it. It is short, straight to the point, straight to the heart and most effective. I would love to share with every member of my family and friends. In fact I would love to share with the whole world. Highly recommend, especially for this younger generation.
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- Iona Foster
- 10-04-20
No better way to spend a spare hour your time
changed my perspective on my own life for the better in less than an hour. No harm in giving it a listen to see if it does the same for you
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- Ms S. Dixon
- 01-05-20
Not my thing at all
I found it slightly boring and think the message can be summed up with the title without the story. It's not about you, the writer says and then says this several times throughout. The reader talks a lot about how we shouldn't look inwards and should spend our lives making others happy and not worrying about our own and I couldn't really finish it even though it's just a short one. I think it's the wrong message to be honest. We need to do both - look outwards but also look inwards. I believe it's about balance and don't believe we're here just to sacrifice ourselves for the benefits of everybody else. If we don't look out for ourselves who will? This book goes against almost everything I believe in about self-love.
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- Sam
- 16-08-20
Storytelling with little content
Short, well read, and engaging stories. But very light on insight and learning. Entertaining enough, but also rather forgettable.
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- Sarah
- 27-11-22
not really the message I needed...
struggled to finish. not really a useful message in this era of being overstretched to our individual detriment
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