Sessions, Hudson, 92

  7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The (Covey), 23

  sexual harassment, 74

  Sforza, Ludovico, 47

  shape-shifting, 147

  Shark Tank, 166

  Shaw, George Bernard, 83

  Shaw, Pauline, 42

  ShearShare, 176

  shelter, 180, 185, 191

  Sherr, Sara, 210

  Shut Up and Run, 268

  side hustle, 91–92

  sidewalks, 290–91

  Simpsons, The, 86

  Sinclair, Upton, 48

  skills, 54

  slavery, 35, 36, 118, 128

  sliding glass doors, windows, and mirrors, 241

  Smalls, Michael, 126–29, 210, 234

  Smart, Leah, 141, 277, 301

  Smith, Shelby, 79, 163–64, 216

  Smithsonian Institution, 184, 264, 276

  Sound of Music, The, 190, 191

  Soviet Union, 204, 206, 207

  Spatrisano, Issa, 37–40, 65, 100, 271, 296

  Spaulding, Laura, 149–52, 192, 250

  Spaulding Decon, 151–52, 250

  speaking and communication styles, 125

  Spence, Harry, 160–61

  Spielberg, Steven, 189

  Springsteen, Bruce, 244

  status versus story, 295–96

  Steinbeck, John, 22

  Stephens, Vivian, 183, 184

  Stepto, Robert, 135–36

  story, storytelling, 6, 87, 88, 129, 153, 253–58

  life, 18

  Life Story Project, 13, 18–19, 58, 60, 146

  status versus, 295–96

  see also narratives; success stories; work story

  straw, drinking, 290

  Stumpf, Bill, 290

  success, 4–7, 11, 12, 16, 136

  books on, 23

  definitions of, 5, 6, 129, 131, 132, 288, 295

  emerging kaleidoscope of, 24–26

  history of, 116

  money and, 75–80, 117, 128, 294, 295

  work and life in, 116

  writing your own story of, 26–27

  Success, 123–24

  success, four rules of, 289–91

  climbing versus digging, 291–92

  individual versus collective, 292–94

  means versus meaning, 294–95

  status versus story, 295–96

  success stories, 12, 111–32, 136, 225, 249

  Alger, 118–19

  character in, 113–19, 131

  Franklin, 111–12, 117

  personality in, 119–26, 131

  sameness of, 5, 22–24

  writing your own, 26–27, 126–32, 154

  Sull, Donald and Charles, 233

  Sun Microsystems, 138

  Supreme Court, 39, 74

  T

  Tang, Ken, 188–89, 252–53, 293

  Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 41, 43

  Taylor, Troy, 7–9, 25, 70, 288

  Te, Bouy, 93

  TED, 53, 235

  Terkel, Studs, 24

  Thomas, Cornell, 105

  Thomas, Danny, 52

  time

  decisions and, 213–18

  see also when

  Time, 172

  Today, 217

  Tomkins, Silvan, 253

  tonglen, 195

  “toothaches,” 243–44, 248–54

  transitional figures, 170

  Transportation, Department of, 69, 93

  Treehouse, 161

  Trotter, Lloyd, 8, 9

  Troubled Waters (Abeshouse), 264

  Turrentine, Dominique, 194, 272

  Turri, Pellegrino, 289–90

  typewriter, 290

  U

  Ukraine, 204, 205

  Unapologetically Ambitious (Archambeau), 232

  Uncharted, 258

  Union Bank, 138

  University of California, Berkeley, 290

  University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 188

  University of California, Santa Barbara, 167–68

  University of Connecticut, 169

  University of Pennsylvania, 179

  unknown known, 130–31

  V

  values, 117, 132, 141

  learned from parents, 162–67, 187

  role models and, 187–88

  Vasquez Heilig, Julian, 100, 175

  Vélez-Villar, Eric, 44–47, 65, 79, 210, 295

  Venturelli, Nate, 141, 194, 210

  Venturelli, Susan, 97, 100, 220, 221

  VideoOut, 235

  View, The, 219

  Vindman, Alexander, 204–7

  Vindman, Yevgeny “Eugene,” 204, 206

  Vishwananda, Swami, 77

  Vocation Bureau, 42–43

  Vohs, Kathleen, 152

  von Furstenberg, Diane, 174

  Vox Media, 96, 105, 149

  W

  Wagoner, Porter, 101

  Walker, Candice, 191–92

  Wall Street Journal, 176

  Walt Disney Company, 45, 46, 65

  Walters, Barbara, 219

  Warner, Isiah, 31–33, 70–71, 255

  Washington, Elsie, 183

  Washington, George, 111

  Water Is Wide, The (Conroy), 185–86

  Watts, Duncan, 158

  waymakers, 167–74

  Wecht, Brian, 214

  Weinstein, Harvey, 121, 214

  Welles, Orson, 295–96

  Welty, Eudora, 224, 274

  Wharton School, 179

  what, 153–54, 179–200, 229, 254, 266

  best and worst things about your work today, 190–97

  role models in childhood, 185–90

  work life in the future, 197–200

  What Color Is Your Parachute? (Bolles), 23, 50

  What Do People Do All Day? (Scarry), 81–82

  when, 153–54, 201–21, 229, 266

  being at a moment in life, 218–21

  start of work story, 207–12

  taking the next step, 212–18

  where, 153–54, 223–41, 266

  favorite childhood place, 228–32

  future place, 237–41

  present place, 232–37

  White, Alton, 68–69, 104–5, 214, 251

  white-collar work, 48, 50, 232–33

  who, 153–54, 157–78, 229, 254, 266

  parents, in the past, 162–67

  waymakers, in the present, 167–74

  you, in the future, 174–78

  why, 153–54, 243–62, 266

  childhood “toothache” and, 248–53

  preferred types of stories and, 253–58

  purpose right now, 259–62

  Wilson, Karléh, 96, 291–92

  windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors, 241

  Wizard of Oz, The, 270

  women, 23, 24, 47, 99, 105, 118, 149, 219, 233, 291

  Black, 23, 24, 105, 168–69, 183–84

  workquakes of, 59–61, 71

  Wooden, John, 188–89

  Woodson, Carter, 182

  words related to work, 34–37, 54, 82, 116, 294

  work, 10–14, 53, 54

  in agricultural economy, 35–37, 40, 41, 47, 58, 82

  defining, 34

  ethic of, 116

  existential crises around, 152, 218

  history of, 35–36, 116

  industrial and manufacturing, 37, 40, 41, 47, 83

  leisure and, 116–17

  life and, 63, 70–75, 85, 99, 116

  mobility in, 58

  knowledge, 40, 48

  number of hours engaged in, 82, 83

  numbers related to, 34–37, 41, 54, 82, 116, 294

  reasons for changing, 193

  remote, 233

  résumés and, 44, 47, 49–50, 54, 152

  schedules of, 83, 88

  scripts of, 5, 253–54, 291

  scriptures of, 5, 137, 158, 291

  success and, 116

  360-degree circle of, 85, 97, 106

  toxic cultures at, 233

  unpaid, 84–85, 92, 95, 97, 99

  words related to, 34–37, 54, 82, 116, 294

  see also career; jobs

  work, bad advice about, 61–80

  always keep your eye on the bottom line, 75–80

  follow your bliss, 62–65

  keep your personal life out of your work life, 63, 70–75

  make a ten-year plan, 65–70

  Working (Terkel), 24

  workquakes, 7, 19, 25–26, 55, 57–80, 136, 144, 149

  collective, 233–34

  first, 59

  nonwork, 71–75

  number and frequency of, 59–61

  personal archaeology and, 140

  questions to ask in, see Kipling questions

  superworkquakes, 77–78, 152

  work story, 6–7, 35–36, 54, 129–31, 136, 154, 158, 180–81

  questions in, see Kipling questions

  see also story, storytelling

  Work Story Project, 1–27, 71, 136, 244, 302

  lessons of, 22–27, 35

  Work Story Interview in, 16–19

  World Wide Web Consortium, 73

  Wright, Chely, 101–3, 192, 209

  Wrzesniewski, Amy, 191–92

  Y

  Yahoo, 135

  Yellowstone Club, 166

  Yes, and . . . Laughter Lab, 172–73

  Yogananda, Paramahansa, 76–77

  Young, Kara, 96–97

  Young, Michael, 167–70

  YouTube, 87–88, 152, 189, 214, 215, 219, 254, 265, 272

  Z

  Zayid, Maysoon, 50–53

  Zelensky, Volodymyr, 205

  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

  About the Author

  Bruce Feiler is the author of seven New York Times bestsellers, including Life Is in the Transitions, The Secrets of Happy Families, and Council of Dads. His three TED talks have been viewed more than four million times, and he teaches the TED course How to Master Life Transitions. A native of Savannah, Georgia, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Linda Rottenberg, and their twin daughters.

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