What You're Really Meant to Do

Robert S. Kaplan is a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and author of the popular book What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential(2011). In his new book, Kaplan provides a much needed roadmap for redefining success and reaching your own unique potential. Analogous to his guidance on leadership, this quest also requires a process, a high level of motivation, and a lot of hard work. Kaplan proposes a tough discipline of specific steps and exercises to help you take control of your career, understand yourself far more deeply, and build your capabilities in a way that fits your passions and aspirations. In Reaching Your Potential, he draws on hundreds of real life experiences in helping people achieve their aspirations and re-think their approach to career and life development. Are you open to the challenge? If so, this is the book to finally help you reach your potential.