E056: Do What You Love and You’ll Do Well In It! with Musa Tariq

THE POWER OF REINVENTION with Kathi Sharpe-Ross

Do you feel stuck in your career or in your life right now? Today’s guest, Musa Tariq, felt lost at one point in his life when his parents died at around the same time, until a successful businessman gave him a piece of advice that changed the course of his life: “Do what you love and you’ll do well in it.”

Heeding the advice, Musa took an advertising job, which paid less than a job in finance. But every single day he went to work, he was the first and the last in the office – loving every minute of it. From there, Musa carved out a highly successful career path in brand advertising, having served in chief marketing roles at prestigious brands such as Airbnb, Ford Motor Company, Apple Retail, Nike and Burberry.

Today, Musa Tariq is the Chief Marketing Officer of online fundraising platform GoFundMe.

Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:

• Where 80% of your time should be focused on
• The four things he learned from taking a step back
• The desire to do good in the world
• Finding great mentors
• Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Episode Highlights:

4 Life Lessons From Leaving His Job

If you're not having fun, you're not going to do well in what you do. But a lot of people tend to get stuck in their jobs or their career thinking that taking a step back means career suicide. They don’t realize there is great value in taking a step back.

When Musa decided to leave a job he didn’t enjoy, he took with him these powerful lessons:

First, you realize who are the people and what are the things that matter most.

Second, there’s a much bigger story in your head than it was in anyone else's.

Third, you get to take time for yourself. Most of us are running a million miles per hour. But once you focus on long-term goals versus short-term gains, you learn to make better decisions.

Lastly, taking a step back allows you to strip yourself of your identity so you can discover the real you.

Asking for Help

Research shows that people find it really hard to ask for help and that asking for help releases a chemical reaction similar to being punched in the face. However, the most successful people in the world ask for help. Obviously, you don't want to be annoying, but learn to ask for help at the right place and at the right time.

We can't possibly know everything about everybody and everything in the world. It's just impossible. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It's okay not to know everything, because nobody really knows everything.

Links to Resources:

GoFundMe

www.SharpeAlliance.com

www.TheReinventionExchange.com

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