Resources

The Motivation Myth is one of the best books I've ever read on what motivation really is and how it plays a role in changing your life. A great primer before you begin to address your professional goals. 

Designing Your Life provides a five step method to getting what you want out of life, using Design Thinking. A huge influence in my personal learning and coaching. 

"For most people, passion comes after they try something, discover they like it, and develop mastery – not before. Passion is the result of good life design, not the cause."

The First 90 Days is a practical guide once you find your path and your next project, role, or assignment. With a thoughtful approach to ensuring success in your next play, you will avoid the mistakes of 

The Culture Map is a wonderfully insightful book that helps you understand different business cultures across eight scales of cultural behaviors:

1. Communicating: low-context vs. high-context
2. Evaluating: direct negative feedback vs. indirect negative feedback
3. Persuading: principles-first vs. applications-first
4. Leading: egalitarian vs. hierarchical
5. Deciding: consensual vs. top-down
6. Trusting: task-based vs. relationship-based
7. Disagreeing: confrontational vs. avoids confrontation
8. Scheduling: linear-time vs. flexible time

Ikigai is "a Japanese concept that means "a reason for being," which is usually used to indicate the source of value in one's life or the things that make one's life worthwhile. 

This book is a fantastic read to help you understand the intersection of four questions:

• What do you love to do?
• What are you good at?
• What can you be paid for?
• What does the world need?

Click here to listen to my interview with Joseph Liu at CareerRelaunch on how to Build Your Network and how I pivoted in my career. Released January 2018. Also consider subscribing!

This article from May 2010 (when I was the director of strategy for Ascend, a non-profit focused on developing pan-Asian business leaders) includes tactics and questions you should ask when trying to find your dream job

If you're looking to stretch the mind, this is my favorite podcast to do just that. It's an easy way to be thoughtful on a variety of topics.