3. Top 5 regrets of the dying
1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life
true to myself, not the life others
expected of me
2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard
3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my
feelings
4. wish I had stayed in touch with my
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friends
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier
4. top 5 regrets of nobody
1. I wish I'd spent more time in the office
2. I wish l'd spent more time with people I
don't like
3. I wish I’d played it safer
4. wish I'd maximised shareholder value
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5. I wish I'd worked in a bank
6. what motivates us at work:
• Autonomy
the desire to direct our own lives
• Mastery
the urge to get better and better at something that matters
• Purpose
the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger
than ourselves.
9. lost? start with these 3 simple steps:
• What are your talents?
• What are you passionate about?
• What would you like to change in
the world? (what makes you angry?)
10. e.g. my life's purpose is to use my talent
for digital marketing and my passion
for films to help unknown, talented
filmmakers get noticed
11. “Stop trading meaning for money
and step out of your shadow, the carefully
constructed almost-self you've been instructed,
encouraged, cajoled to settle for.” Umair Haque
25. having a clear purpose helps…
• ..explain why your company exists
• ..people to rally around your cause
• ..build a strong brand
• ..adapt your product/service
• ..speed up decision making
26.
27. “to organize the world‘s
information and make it
universally accessible and useful.”
32. • a new initiative help entrepreneurs
turn their passion into profits
• business has a bad name / most
startups fail / people hate their jobs
• a world with happier business,
employees & customers
• happy, loved, inspired, passionate