What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential

CHAPTER SIX

Good Versus Great

Character and Leadership

• Do you work to figure out what you believe, and do you have the courage to act on those beliefs?
• Do you act like an owner in your job?
• Do you play the game with some degree of abandon?
• Do you clearly know your values and ethical boundaries?

It is a challenge to know your strengths and weaknesses, understand your passions, understand yourself, and then apply this knowledge to being at your best in a specific job and to managing your career. If you can do these things, you’ll dramatically increase the likelihood of reaching your potential. All this will get you to a certain point—but you ...