Underfulfilled Overachievers: How to Stop Chasing Success and Start Living It
Megan Hellerer shares 5 key insights from Directional Living: A Transformational Guide to Fulfillment in Work and Life.
Are you really fulfilled? I’m willing to bet you’re crushing it at work, performing at a pretty high level and looking reasonably successful to the outside world. But there’s something missing, isn’t there? Maybe you’re what career coach Megan Hellerer calls an "underfulfilled overachiever" - someone who looks good on paper but feels a deep sense of emptiness or lack of purpose. In her new book, Directional Living: A Transformational Guide to Fulfillment in Work and Life, Megan offers a way out. Her book outlines strategies for figuring out what actually lights you up, to better align your career with your personal values and core desires. Our curator calls it “an unusually relatable and practical guide to the pursuit of excellence, meaning, and joy.” Scroll down to hear Megan share 5 of her big ideas.
The 5 Key Insights:
1. The traditional career approach is failing.
2. Focus on the direction, not the destination.
3. Forget your purpose; follow your curiosity.
4. Seek aligned ambition, not blind ambition.
5. Life is a game of “Warmer-Colder.”
Hear Megan’s key insights for career fulfillment:
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