Living your life!

The following is an extract from an interview of author Marcus Buckingham that appeared in Gallup Management Journal.

    GMJ: All indications are that this book should at least change the business world.         Has it occurred to you that it could change the rest of the world, too?

MB: One of the people we interviewed was a Benedictine prioress, and she said, “I live my life in such a way that when I die, and my Maker asks me if I lived the life I was given, I can honestly answer yes.” If you think about it, that’s a pretty intimidating question, particularly if most people think they’re just making their life up as they go along. I think we can help millions upon millions of people to identify their strengths, then we can educate people to know that, regardless of your career, or your career trajectory, or how successful you are or aren’t, if you’re living a life that consistently asks you to play to your strongest themes, then you’re living the life God gave you.