Win the career lottery: Born for This by Chris Guillebeau
Lesson summary:
In “Born for This”, Chris Guillebeau articulates how to identify one’s ideal career, what he terms as winning the “career lottery”. To find such fulfilling work, one must strike the right balance between joy, money, and flow. Joy relates to finding work that is rewarding and valuable, money ensures financial stability, and flow describes the sensation of being deeply engrossed in work that leverages one’s unique skills. Guillebeau encourages a self-employed mindset, asserting that everyone is essentially self-employed and responsible for their career trajectory. He emphasises experimentation, urging readers to explore diverse experiences, hone skills, and pay attention to recurring questions they receive as indicators towards their ultimate career lottery ticket.