The best way to find out whether you're on the right path? Stop looking at the path.
Marcus BuckinghamRead
Your strongest life is built through a continuous practice of designing moment by moment.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Building a strong life requires consistent effort in shaping each moment.
This quote emphasizes the importance of actively creating our lives through deliberate choices and actions at every moment. It suggests that a fulfilling and successful life is the result of ongoing reflection and intentional design, encouraging individuals to take charge of their experiences and outcomes.
Themes
LifeDesignMomentsPracticeStrength
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about personal growth, one could say, 'As Marcus Buckingham wisely notes, your strongest life is built through continuous practice of designing moment by moment.'
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All quotes βStrengths are not activities you're good at, they're activities that strengthen you. A strength is an activity that before you're doing it you look forward to doing it; while you're doing it, time goes by quickly and you can concentrate; after you've done it, it seems to fulfill a need of yours.
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There has to be a way to redirect employee's driving ambition and to channel it more productively. There is. Create heroes in every role. Make every role, performed at excellence, a respected profession.
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Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths.
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Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in.
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