I am back for a brief break and then heading out again. I walked around but have no patience to shop. There is one art gallery I saw last night that I want to go back and check out. I found a quiet bar where I had a delicious pizza. The wine was awful so I didn't drink it. No reason to drink bad wine. It is really hot and climbing all the stairs makes you sweat when you get to the top of the town. And it's so breath taking that a bit of sweat doesn't really matter. Of course, the waitress put down 2 glasses and I had to tell her again that it's just me.
I started reading an article Michael left with me. He was one of the highlights of this week. We spent a lot of time talking and connected quite quickly. It's strange how you can meet someone and feel like you've know them for a very long time. He tended to share my perspective on the week as well.
So, I first used the article to cool myself off since I was so hot when I sat down. I then started reading what Robert Kaplan had to say in the last issue of HBR.
I got a bunch out of it like that ambitious professionals (I love this term) definition of success is often influenced by friend, family and colleagues rather than by what they believe. And no matter what they accomplish, they lack a true sense of satisfaction. He recommends that find fulfillment involves taking a very personal look at how you define success in your own hearts of hearts and then what you need to follow your own path there.
The first step is to spend time defining your top 2-3 strengths and weaknesses. Then, ask yourself: what is my dream job? What would I do today if I had $10M?
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