Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 When you don't get what you want, you get something better-experience 3
2 Everything changes when you change 8
3 Burying your talents won't make them grow 14
4 What they call you is up to them. What you answer to is up to you 19
5 In this drama of life, there are no small parts 24
6 Give others a second chance to make a first impression 29
7 Every job is as magical as you make it 34
8 There's a time for everything but not always at the same time 38
9 Only you can determine your worth 45
10 Even the mistakes belong 51
11 If you're going to doubt anything, doubt your doubts 55
12 Sometimes the job you want is the job you already have 59
13 Most of the time, the only person in your way is you 65
14 God is still speaking 70
15 Make gentle the life of this world 75
16 Sometimes your mission is revealed moment by moment 80
17 When things fall apart, they could actually be falling into place 85
18 When you fail, fail forward 91
19 Choice, not just chance, determines your destiny 97
20 It's not about what you can do, but what God can do through you 102
21 Instead of trying to be the best in the world, be the best for the world 108
22 If you can help someone, do; if you can hurt someone, don't 113
23 It's important to know both your superpower and your kryptonite 119
24 God completes our work 124
25 Not everything that counts can be counted 129
26 Don't confuse your work with your worth 135
27 Clear the path for the person who comes after you 141
28 Just because someone isn't on your path doesn't mean they're lost 147
29 Expand your comfort zone to make others more comfortable 152
30 There's no whining on the yacht 157
31 No one can drain you without your permission 161
32 There's more to life than making it go faster 168
33 Instead of planning a better life, start living one 172
34 The world needs people who are fully alive 177
35 The best use of your life is to love 182
36 To find out who you are, let go of who you aren't 188
37 Align yourself first, then take action 194
38 The most important boss to answer to is the small, still voice within 200
39 Poweris an inside job 205
40 It's up to you to launch your life 210
41 Things don't happen to you; they happen for you and for others 216
42 Don't die with your music in you 222
43 Nothing you want is upstream, so stop struggling 227
44 Create a pocket of greatness right where you are 232
45 Even when you feel invisible, your work isn't 237
46 You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give 242
47 Be somebody's hero 249
48 For networking to work, we all have to be the net 254
49 If you don't want regrets at the end of your life, have no regrets at the end of each day 260
50 Find your grail. Be who God meant you to be, and you will set the world on fire 265
Acknowledgments 271
About the Author 274
