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What Should I Do with My Life?

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What Should I Do with My Life?

For those of us actively asking the question, Po Bronson’s book of stories about people who have done the same at least make you feel less alone. This book is over 20 years old now, but a few stories of dot-com technologists dealing with the industry implosion are applicable today, while others showed their age. This isn’t a how-to book, with clear-cut takeaways, though there were nuggets of wisdom I found myself nodding along to.

She stopped asking, “What to do next?” and started asking, “To what can I devote my life?” Mostly, she stopped expecting herself to uncover her passion by applying herself really hard to the search. “I found out it’s not something one can force,” she said.

What Should I Do with My Life? The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question