It's Not About You Quotes

“Every day he invested in the growth of other people and worked on projects that could have a wider reach and influence.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Tell someone how they have contributed to your life . . . while they are still around to hear it.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Knowing we’re making meaningful contributions to others’ lives leads not only to improved work outcomes but also to enhanced health and well-being.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“One thing I learned clearly from my grandfather is that strong relationships are the cornerstone of growth and contribution in life.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“By choosing not to assume positive intent, they increase their own hostility levels in a way that is likely to carry forward for at least hours, if not days.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“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

“Look through the lens of what will outlive you, and you’ll quickly see past self.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Your life has an unknown expiration date. Your efforts and contributions to others do not.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Don was able to have an outsized influence because he was always playing the long game of contribution. Every day he invested in the growth of other people and worked on projects that could have a wider reach and influence.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Life is not about you. It’s about what you do for others.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“you won’t get to stay around forever, but your contributions will.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Your greatest contributions are what you put into your closest relationships.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Your life has an unknown expiration date. Your efforts and contributions to others do not. The time, energy, and resources you invest in people you care for and your community keep growing forever.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“We are, to a large degree, the product of what others have contributed to our lives. From relationships to experiences and the environment in which we are raised, life is shaped by the actions of others, for better and for worse.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“I have read that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. described “life’s most persistent and urgent question” as being “What are you doing for others?”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“You don’t need any kind of permission or position to have a positive influence like this . . . you just have to start, today.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“You always have a choice of how to respond. Start by assuming the other person has positive intent.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“Invest in the People Who Matter Most”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“The key to creating collective well-being is to start by improving the life of another person, not your own.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“most of us are so caught up with daily demands that we continually put off serious reflection about how to make a greater contribution to the teams, families, and communities around us. This is a consequential mistake. Tomorrow is gone in an instant, another month rolls by, and eventually you have missed years, and then decades, of opportunity to make meaningful and substantive contributions.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“most meaningful contributions in life start at home.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“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

“Let go of what’s beyond your control.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“every exchange with another person either “filled their bucket or dipped from it.”
― Tom Rath, It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life

“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

“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

“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

“Let go of what's beyond your control.”
― Tom Rath , It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life