You and your Onlyness

This post is revised and updated from one I wrote in 2015, after hearing Nilofer Merchant’s fabulous TEDx talk. Last week, I listened to her interview with Jonathan Fields at Good Life Project on her new book, The Power of Onlyness.
 
What value do you bring to the world? I presume that some of you will find this question uncomfortable, perhaps narcissistic. You might think that it’s not up to you to say what value you bring to the world. Or even that you don’t bring any value.

However, I be...