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What Drives You: How to Discover Your Unique Motivators and Accelerate Growth in Work and Life
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What Drives You: How to Discover Your Unique Motivators and Accelerate Growth in Work and Life

by Kevin D. Miller
May 2023
Beginner
272 pages
5h 35m
English
McGraw-Hill
Content preview from What Drives You: How to Discover Your Unique Motivators and Accelerate Growth in Work and Life

CHAPTER 1

Being Driven Is Just a Thought Away

At age 19, Ben Hardy was the embodiment of everything I most feared for my own children and the younger generation, and yet 15 years later he was a guest on my podcast for the third time with yet another bestselling book. What flipped the switch from his purposeless and hopeless life to one of infinite promise and high-performance drive is one of the most unexpected stories I’ve ever encountered. That makes him a perfect muse to help us understand why we are completely wrong about how we perceive so-called “driven” people and how we can trigger our own drive to accomplish what we care about in life.

Ben was the oldest of three boys who grew up in a religious home. The family’s foundation was built ...

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ISBN: 9781264269778