Arthur Brooks

Are you earning your success?

Not only really earning, are you recognized and acknowledged for real value that you're creating?

Not kissing up to the boss and not because somebody's trying to be nice to you.

No, no, no, no.

You're really creating value.

And does somebody actually need you?

That's what it comes down to.

That's your calling.

Mostly people deep down know.

Because what it comes down to is when you're creating true value and people need you, then you can sort of imperfectly measure that with respect to status, but you actually know when there's true value behind it.

Most people have an innate sense of that, a strong innate sense of that.

And, and I've interviewed a lot of people about this.

You know, I talked to a guy, um, who builds homes, home builder, right?

He had a, uh, he got his master's degree in, um, in biochemistry from MIT and it was going on to get his PhD.

And his parents really, really wanted him to be a scientist as the whole thing.

But he recognized that he, he, his, he only felt truly alive because

He was only truly interested when he was building stuff.

That's what it came down to.

And he became a home builder as a result of that.

So it's really, really important to listen to what your heart is telling you about this.