This is the Read to Lead podcast, episode 417.

What we should be doing with our fears isn't fighting through them or pushing them away or standing up to them.

We should be doing what we would do with a companion

on the long train journey. We should be turning to the fear and asking it lots and lots and lots

of questions, examining it, not to make it go away, but to go, what's the love in there? Because for

you, if you're fearing something, it's because you so love something.

You've long been told to do what you love.

Sounds simple, but the real challenge is how to do this in a world not set up to help you.

Most of us actually don't know the real truth about what we love, what engages us and what makes us thrive.

In our workplaces, jobs, schools, even our parents are focused instead on making us conform.

Hi, I'm Jeff Brown, and this is the Read to Lead podcast, podcast dedicated to your personal

and professional growth. Each week, I interview another leadership or professional development

author, and we talk about their latest book and their insights on a multitude of topics.

Because I believe that if you want true success in business and in life, then intentional and

consistent reading is of course a must. I am delighted to tell you that my guest today is someone I wanted to interview since this show began.

I first became familiar with his work 15 to 20 years ago

when I saw him speak at a conference. His name is Marcus Buckingham and his new book, Out Today,

is called Love and Work, How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and do it for the rest of your

life. I'll be asking Marcus to share about how the key to finding what you love

might be right under your nose. The you nests that you were born with and how it's not caused

by your experiences growing up, what a healthy career really looks like and lots more.

I just returned from a fantastic trip in Virginia. That must be where I got this scratchy throat

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