This is the Read to Lead podcast, episode 516.

I'm really obsessed with people kind of just understanding how much do you listen,

how much do you talk?

Is your energy engaging or is it depleting? Are you a problem

identifier or are you a solution provider? The most successful professionals have clarity and a plan.

They live in accordance with their values and know how to pivot in the face of disruption. Yet

most careers unfold accidentally, haphazardly, and with too much

serendipity. That means lost traction, lost years, and lost opportunities. Hey there, I'm Jeff. This is

the Read to Lead podcast. It's the podcast dedicated to your personal and professional growth.

If you want to achieve true success in business and in life,

it starts with intentional and consistent reading. I'm interviewing another author this week to

help you do more of that, and that author is Scott Jeffrey Miller. His new book is Career on

Course, 10 strategies to take your career from accidental to intentional.

I plan to ask Scott to share about the foundational skill that permeates all 10 of his strategies,

the importance of making a distinction between your personal and your professional values,

how being a generalist or a specialist can and should shape your career path and plenty more.

Speaking of shaping your career path, that's what a read-to-lead plus membership is designed to do.

When you join the Read to Lead community with a Read to Lead plus membership, you get access to

my library of business book summaries with new ones being added

regularly, access to interviews and articles not published anywhere else, monthly live streams and

guest expert trainings, community challenges, network opportunities, and you surround yourself

with like-minded people. The kind of people who, as I always say, take personal and professional development as seriously as you do. The cost is just $9 a month, and as if I

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