Sublime

With his books Now, Discover Your Strengths and The Truth About You, Marcus Buckingham is a true-strengths zealot.

and coach I’ve made it my life’s work to help others release the blocks that stand between them and their inner joy.

I came to realize that he was doing the best he could to manage his own ego’s projections. I could now see how I’d forced my need to be saved onto a guy who didn’t want to save me. Rather than realize this, I’d made him wrong for not meeting my ego’s needs. This revelation offered me tremendous relief.

Mastery. Checked-off bucket-list experiences. But that’s not how it works.