What's the Point?
Turning Purpose Into Your Daily Superpower
In his most personal and provocative book yet, #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath reveals that your daily superpower isn't your title, your salary, or your "brand." It's your ability to contribute to others.
Purpose isn't something you find — it's something you build every day
Building an other-directed life
Discover how the most meaningful lives are built not by looking inward, but by focusing on how you contribute to others every single day.
Making purpose plural
Your ability to contribute multiplies across different areas of your life — every meeting, every task, every interaction becomes an opportunity.
Leaving a lasting impact
Your daily choices create a legacy that extends far beyond what you'll ever see — planting seeds for a harvest you'll never witness.
"What's the Point? might be the most important book you read this year. In bracing, no-BS language, Tom Rath urges us to stop asking what makes us happy and start asking who we help."
Featured Books
Bestselling books with over 10 million copies sold worldwide
About Tom
Tom is an author and researcher who studies how careers impact health and wellbeing. He has written 12 books that have sold more than 10 million copies and made hundreds of appearances on global bestseller lists.
Tom's first book, How Full Is Your Bucket?, was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. His book StrengthFinder 2.0 was listed as Amazon's top-selling non-fiction book of all time. Tom's other bestsellers include Strengths Based Leadership, Wellbeing, Eat Move Sleep, and Are You Fully Charged?
Tom is currently co-founder and CEO of CareerSight. He previously led Gallup's workplaces business and served as a Senior Scientist. Tom was also a Vice-Chair of the VHL cancer research organization. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania, where he has also been a guest lecturer.
"Fortune 500 leaders look to him as one of the greatest thinkers of his generation."
— Washingtonian
CareerSight
See More. Choose Better.
Tom co-founded CareerSight to give everyone equal access to see real work in action before committing their time, education, and energy. Through video-first career previews and an AI career guide, CareerSight helps you discover careers that truly match your interests and talents.
"How to live? That is the question and Tom Rath has the answer... Rath draws on his decades of research and his deep humanity to point you in the right direction, and to instill your journey with joy and meaning."