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Synopsis
<b>A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read"</b><br><br><b><i>"A gobsmackingly powerful work. What's the Point? might be the most important book you'll read this year."</i></b><br>— Daniel H. Pink, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Drive</i> and <i>When</i><br><br><b>Is everything you've been taught about finding fulfillment wrong?</b> For decades, we've been told to follow our passion, find our purpose, and chase happiness. Yet even when you do everything right, work can still feel hollow. <b>And in a world where AI can do more of what once made us valuable, the old playbook is not just outdated—it can point you in exactly the wrong direction.</b><br><br>In <i>What's the Point?</i>, <b>#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Tom Rath</b>—whose books from <i>How Full Is Your Bucket?</i> to <i>StrengthsFinder 2.0</i> and <i>Eat Move Sleep</i> have shaped a generation—argues that fulfillment does not come from looking deeper inside yourself. It comes from what you contribute to other people. Your greatest daily superpower is not your title, your salary, or your personal brand. It is your ability to make life better for someone else—in ways no algorithm can replace.<br><br>Drawing on three decades of research and a life lived on borrowed time since a cancer diagnosis at age fifteen, <b>Rath delivers his most personal and provocative book yet</b>. He shows why passion is overrated, how old dreams can quietly hold you back, and why purpose is not something you find once and for all. It is something you build every day—in every meeting, every task, every role, and every relationship.<br><br><b>In this book, you'll learn how to:</b><br>* <b>Stop chasing abstract purpose</b> and start creating it through daily contribution<br>* <b>Redesign your work</b> around the people you serve<br>* <b>Protect yourself from burnout</b> by focusing less on constant self-optimization and more on useful impact<br>* Turn ordinary tasks, meetings, and projects into opportunities for meaning<br>* Make smarter career decisions by asking who needs you most, not just what looks best on paper<br>* <b>Build a legacy</b> through small choices that outlast your job title<br><br>This is not a feel-good pep talk. It is a direct challenge to stop sleepwalking through your career and start doing the work only you can do. <b>Whether you are just getting started, rethinking your next chapter, or determined to make your work matter more, <i>What's the Point?</i> is a practical guide to building purpose into everyday life—starting today.</b>
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About the Author
Tom is an author and researcher who studies how careers impact health and wellbeing. He has written 12 books that have sold more than 10 million copies and made hundreds of appearances on global bestseller lists.<br><br>Tom's first book, <i>How Full Is Your Bucket?</i>, was an instant #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller. His book <i>StrengthsFinder 2.0</i> was listed as Amazon's top selling non-fiction book of all time. Tom's other bestsellers include <i>Strengths Based Leadership</i>, <i>Wellbeing</i>, <i>Eat Move Sleep</i>, and <i>Are You Fully Charged?</i><br><br>Tom is currently co-founder and CEO of CareerSight. He previously led Gallup's workplace business and served as a Senior Scientist. Tom was also a Vice-Chair of the VHL cancer research organization. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania, where he has also been a guest lecturer.
From the Back Cover
<b><i>"What's the Point?</i> might be the most important book you read this year.</b> In bracing, no-BS language, Tom Rath urges us to stop asking what makes us happy and start asking who we help. Each chapter dismantles a comfortable lie we tell ourselves about work and replaces it with something tougher and truer. You'll finish the book with a steelier spine, a clearer direction, and zero patience for wasting your days."<br>— <b>Daniel H. Pink, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Power of Regret</i>, <i>Drive</i>, and <i>To Sell Is Human</i></b><br><br><b>Praise for Tom Rath's Previous Bestsellers</b><br><br><b><i>StrengthsFinder 2.0</i> • <i>How Full Is Your Bucket?</i><br><i>Strengths Based Leadership</i> • <i>Wellbeing</i><br><i>Eat Move Sleep</i> • <i>Are You Fully Charged?</i></b><br><br>"Fortune 500 leaders look to him as one of the greatest thinkers of his generation."<br>— <b><i>Washingtonian</i></b><br><br>"Tom Rath . . . with two books in the world's top ten . . . offers readers advice on how to identify their hidden strengths [and] become highly effective."<br>— <b><i>Economist</i></b><br><br>"Rath's book (<i>StrengthsFinder 2.0</i>) is to bestseller lists what the Big Dipper is to our night sky. You can't miss it."<br>— <b><i>Forbes</i></b><br><br>"How to live? That is the question and Tom Rath has the answer . . . Rath draws on his decades of research and his deep humanity to point you in the right direction, and to instill your journey with joy and meaning."<br>— <b>Susan Cain, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Quiet</i></b>
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Is everything you've been taught about finding fulfillment wrong?For decades, you've been told to follow your passion, find your purpose, chase happiness. It's bad advice, and somewhere inside you already know it. You're still searching, still waiting, still wondering why work feels hollow even when you're doing everything right. In an age when AI can do your job faster and cheaper, the old playbook isn't just outdated; it's a trap.The people who live the most meaningful lives don?t find fulfillment within themselves. They stop looking inward. Entirely. In his most personal and provocative book yet, #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath ? whose books from How Full Is Your Bucket? to StrengthsFinder 2.0 and Eat Move Sleep have shaped a generation ? reveals that your daily superpower isn't your title, your salary, or your "brand." It's your ability to contribute to others. And it?s the one skill artificial intelligence cannot replicate.Drawing from the clarity of a man who's lived on borrowed time since a terminal diagnosis at age fifteen, Rath combines the rigor of a researcher with the candor of a friend who refuses to let you settle. You'll discover why passion is overrated, why your childhood dreams may be holding you back, and how to build work that outlasts you.Purpose isn't something you find. It's something you build every day, during every meeting, throughout every task, guided by one defining question: What's the point?This book is not for the weak-hearted. It's a direct challenge to stop sleepwalking through your career and start doing the work only you can do. Whether you're 18 and getting started, or 48 and restless, What's the Point? is a roadmap for packing more life into your work, starting today. Seller Inventory # 00110368710
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