Curating Career Life Stories: How Did I Get Here? Ep. 99 with Jeff Harry

Join me for the career reflections of Jeff Harry, international positive psychology play speaker. A journey inspired by the movie Big with Tom Hanks back when Jeff is in the third grade. Prompting him to start writing to toy companies at that age and through high school, asking about the types of jobs they offer. After following a suggestion from one of these toy companies to get a mechanical engineering degree, Jeff lands a job at a toy company! Only to have his dream crushed of what working at a toy company would be like. At 25 he starts sole searching, finds an opportunity to teach kids using Legos, which he loves – he then grows that company from seven people to 400! Next, he’s tapped by Silicon Valley to lead a team building event. Taking him in a whole new direction and motivating him to attain a coaching certification acquiring the relevant positive psychology language to train adults. What’s served Jeff best is connecting with people, he measures success by how deep and how many connections he makes every day. His words of wisdom are from a quote by Howard Thurman: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”