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every exchange with another person either “filled their bucket or dipped from it.” He also taught me the best way to fill my own bucket was to spend time filling other people’s.
When you view your time as finite, you build more life into each day.
Look through the lens of what will outlive you, and you’ll quickly see past self.
Invest your time and attention wisely. They are your most precious resources.
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.
When you see a rare opportunity, take it. Life is too brief for living with regrets.
Tell someone how they have contributed to your life . . . while they are still around to hear it.
There are things we all have the opportunity to do for others, every single day. In any role or place in life,
Plant a few seeds today that could grow for years to come.
the most meaningful contributions in life start at home.
You have to find work that you know in your heart is making a positive contribution.
You can’t be anything you want to be, but you can be a whole lot more of who you already are.
While your talents are nature’s best building blocks, they serve the world best when your efforts are directed outward—not inward.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. described “life’s most persistent and urgent question” as being “What are you doing for others?”
The work you do should improve your well-being so you can do more for others.
Mark lived a life that will just keep on growing to be far bigger than one human life span. This is what I believe we should all aim for: to make contributions to others’ lives that will grow infinitely in our absence.
Tom Rath is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? and StrengthsFinder 2.0, as well as Life’s Great Question: Discover How You Contribute to the World, Strengths Based Leadership, Wellbeing, Eat Move Sleep, and Are You Fully Charged?
