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3 Lies We Need to Stop Telling Ourselves About WorkI analyzed hundreds of Americans professional stories, over six years. Here's what I learned.

ByBruce Feiller

Key Takeaways

  • What are "workquakes" and how do they get you closer to finding your path?
  • 美国人对工作;三个谎言揭穿这s is what they are.
  • Only you can tell the most important story you'll ever tell: the story of what makes you a success.

This story appears in theJuly 2023issue of狗万官方.Subscribe »

Cornell Thomas lost his police officer father in New Jersey to cancer when he was four, and he grew up watching his dental assistant mother struggle to support her family. "Once, in sixth grade, I asked if we could order pizza," he says. "Mom gave me a look that said,No. Don't ask again."

To help out, Cornell turned to entrepreneurship. "My mother had these packs of WeightWatchers cookies that tasted like death," he says. Cornell put on his baseball uniform and sold the cookies to his neighbors for 50 cents a pack. "I made $50. It was like a million bucks."

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