Continuing on with my Obama musings, I watched a recent interview of his where he was asked, “What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?”
I loved his answer.
He said most people focus on who they want to be: President, CEO, Parent, Athlete, etc.
But most don’t know what those roles actually entail.
Instead, we should focus our attention on what we want to do: write stories, build software, care for others, make people laugh, etc.
Titles don’t guarantee we will find delight in our work, so why not simply focus on doing work that make us feel most alive?