Author and branding expert Dan Schawbel is interviewed at The Happiness Project. An excerpt:
What’s something you know now about happiness that you didn’t know when you were 18 years old?
If you focus on the positive aspects of your life, and your core strengths, you will be happier. I used to spend too much time trying to turn my weaknesses into strengths and dwelling on rejection and failure. I view everything I do as a learning experience so I never see anything as failure, just a chance to improve.
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Reading a passage from Pater Drucker changed my life in a similar way. He wrote something to the effect that companies usually send their top performers to their trouble spots and let their successful operations be run by lesser talent. Though this mindset is understandable, it's backwards - you want your best people doing what is going to create the most value for the company.
Similarly, ever since I have been trying to put myself in a position which accentuates my strengths - basically finding out what I do better than anyone else and trying to do that all the time. It has made my professional career.
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