“‘Why am I doing what I’m doing?’”

“‘Why am I doing what I’m doing?’

In my own case, asking that question led me to shift careers entirely in my late 40s. It was scary and uncertain, but if you’re unhappy enough, it increases your risk tolerance. So does the possibility of doing something you love.

I went from being a journalist increasingly running on empty to founding a company that today helps organizations perform better by taking better care of their employees. Over the last 15 years, I can count on one hand the number of days I haven’t woken up excited to get to work.

So why are you doing what you’re doing? Few of us have ever been encouraged to ask that question. Why not make it the new mantra in your life—a question to which you return, over and over, as a compass for making better choices.”

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“‘Why am I doing what I’m doing?’”

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