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Life's Great Question by Tom Rath — WisdomDeck honest review
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Life's Great Question

by Tom Rath

Rath on contribution: how to use your strengths to serve others, with a contribution inventory. Brief and earnest, with a personal note about his limited life expectancy.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Life is about contribution, not self-discovery.
  2. Strengths exist to serve.
  3. Start now; time is finite.

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Write the three contributions you make most naturally and where they are needed.

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Strengths turned outward.

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