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Today’s Big Idea: The Rules of Power

Harvard Business School’s Robert Steven Kaplan argues in his new book, What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential, that success is not about meeting someone else’s definition, but reaching your potential by defining it on your own terms.   
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Who gets to define success?

Harvard Business School’s Robert Steven Kaplan argues in his new book, What You’re Really Meant to Do: A Roadmap for Reaching Your Unique Potential, that success is not about meeting someone else’s definition, but reaching your potential by defining it on your own terms. 

Kaplan shares a specific and actionable approach to defining your own success and reaching your potential. In today’s lesson, Kaplan lays out 5 rules of the road that must be followed. 

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