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It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life QUOTES

It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life QUOTES

1 " Life is not about you. It’s about what you do for others. The faster you are able to get over yourself, the more you can do for the people who matter most. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

2 " When you move past self, life is simpler and less stressful. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

3 " There are things we all have the opportunity to do for others, every single day. In any role or place in life, you can take time today to focus on a contribution that will continue to grow. This contribution can be to a person, a project, or a work of art. What matters is that you see how your effort can benefit other lives, now and into the future. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

4 " your community keep growing forever. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

5 " A growing body of evidence suggests that the single greatest driver of both achievement and well-being is understanding how your daily efforts enhance the lives of others. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

6 " In my own experience, orienting my efforts to where I could make the greatest contributions, both during and beyond my lifetime, helped me to push through major challenges and made life far more meaningful. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

7 " Time is more valuable when you can see your mortality on the horizon. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

8 " When you consider how short life can be, you create more meaning in the world. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

9 " Let go of what’s beyond your control. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

10 " Life is about what you put back into the world, not what you take out of it. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

11 " You can’t be anything you want to be, but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

12 " Let go of what's beyond your control. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

13 " I am increasingly convinced that even fifteen minutes of time spent listening to another person is one of the most valuable things you can do today. In this era of hyperdistraction, asking great questions and listening are two of the qualities we look for most in friends, partners, and colleagues. Yet most people are sending the exact opposite message to friends and loved ones today. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

14 " Real growth is the product of following your contributions more than your passions. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

15 " This study, titled “The iPhone Effect,” was based on an experiment with two hundred participants and examined the effect the mere presence of the smartphone has on a conversation. What the researchers essentially found is anytime a smartphone is visible, even if it is not ringing, buzzing, vibrating, or even powered on, it degrades the quality of the conversation for everyone. In the cases where the phone was visible, participants had lower levels of empathetic concern and found the conversations less fulfilling. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

16 " The one thing we can all guarantee is that our lives will end at some point. It actually helps to embrace that fact. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

17 " You may not get to control how another person initiates your next interaction, but you always get to choose your response. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

18 " Many of us take a “what does the company want from me” approach to applying our talents, and we end up tailoring ourselves to suit our work rather than tailoring our work to suit who we are. So often, people take on roles they don’t want and stay in jobs that don’t excite them, never exploring a wider set of possibilities about the types of contributions they could be making. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

19 " Essentially, giving another person your undivided attention is a measure of how much you care. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

20 " Even small acts of generosity trigger changes in our brains that make us happier. "

― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life