what you're really meant to do, with robert s. kaplan
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Robert S. Kaplan is the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations. He is also co-chairman of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm, as well as chairman and a founding partner of Indaba Capital Management LLC. He is the author of several case studies, articles and the recently published book What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011). He's also the author of What You're Really Meant to Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential. Listen to the full conversation with Robert at http://www.33voices.com/robert-steven-kaplan/audioTRANSCRIPT
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33voices The following insights & inspirational moments
are based on the Interview
robert s. kaplan
Professor of Management
Practice at Harvard
Business School
Rob served as vice chairman of The Goldman
Sachs Group, Inc.Click to preview on Amazon
Success is personal –take ownership and define what yours looks like
No.1
accept it and build on your strengths
No.2
We all get to a level where we start to struggle –
Part of reaching your true potential is understanding your life story –craft it and keep refining it
No.3
The best leaders know what they stand forand have the guts to act on those beliefs
No.4
Isolation and the inability to learn is thebiggest contributor to a leader failing
No.5
Your inner circle should be limited to people whom you have a mutual understanding;a high level of trust, and respect for –
and no one else
No.6
The greatest learning for an entrepreneur today,should be the openness & willingness to learn
No.7
What often keeps us stuck isn’t our reality;instead it’s the psychological prison that we’ve built for ourselves
No.8
If you don’t define your dream job, you’ll never live it –vividly describe it
No.9
33voicesRobert Kaplan - Dream Job (0.53)
Always do a superb job with the job you’re doing and
the future will line up for you
No.10
Really reflect...
If you had one year to live, how would you spend it?
Really reflect...
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