“Comedian Milton Berle used to say, ‘If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.’ If we want to realize our full potential as creatives and individuals, being proactive isn’t just an option, it’s a requirement. Fortunately, we have more power than ever to share our ideas with the world, to connect with others, and to define our career paths. The era of self-invention is upon us. …
To help you through this brave new world, 99U’s Maximize Your Potential assembles insights around four key areas that we believe are essential to long-term career success: identifying and creating new opportunities, cultivating your expertise over time, building collaborative relationships, and learning how to take risks. …
Let this volume be your guide as you craft—and re-craft—your own creative career over time, constantly striving to up the ante on just who you can become.”
~ Jocelyn K. Glei from Maximize Your Potential
This is the second of the three books currently in 99U Book Series. Check out our Note on the first as well: Manage Your Day-to-Day.
It’s another collection of great little essays by some of the world’s most creative minds (including many authors we feature: Cal Newport, Heidi Grant Halvorson and Tony Schwartz) and reminds me of Steven Pressfield’s trilogy + Austin Kleon’s books on the creative process. Great stuff.
Super quick-reading, inspiring, practical goodness I think you’ll enjoy. (Get the book here.)
As always, I’m excited to share some of my favorite Big Ideas so let’s jump straight in!
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