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Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love

Runnin' Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love


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About the Book

'Fantastic. A variety of useful insights and examples that converge into one story that underlies remarkable success in nearly any field' JAMES CLEAR, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ATOMIC HABITS

'Schools never teach a how to find work you love class. Bill Gurley clearly maps the path with sharp insights and real tools. Strongly recommended' TONY FADELL, IPOD INVENTOR, IPHONE CO-INVENTOR, NEST FOUNDER, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BUILD

'Wicked smart and original, Bill pulls apart success stories and reverse engineers them for us. Thank you, Bill!' JEFF BEZOS, FOUNDER OF AMAZON
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You spend an estimated 80,000 hours of your life at work. Shouldn’t that time be spent doing something you love?

Bill Gurley has spent the past two decades working with people who have climbed to the top in fields ranging from technology to hospitality to entertainment?and who have thrived in their chosen profession. Yet, as Gurley’s new research with the Wharton School of Business reveals, 6 in 10 of us eventually regret our career choices.
So, what’s the secret? How do you avoid the trap of career regret? Is there a formula to finding your dream job?

Now, in Runnin’ Down a Dream, Gurley breaks down the components of balancing joy with success, identifying six key principles that will set you up for a flourishing, purpose-filled career, including:


  • Chase your curiosity
  • Hone your craft
  • Go where the action is
  • Give back generously


Through his own captivating, straight-talking advice Gurley brings these components of success to life, and reveals stories of a handful of iconic individuals who epitomize them.

Whether starting out or looking to make a change, this book will inspire you to step off the conveyer belt, find the things that make you insatiably curious, and turn those fascinations into a thriving career?where the work doesn’t feel like work at all.

Praise for Runnin’ Down a Dream:

‘This inspiring book is an invitation to shift into ‘discover mode,’ where curiosity replaces fear and real growth begins. Jonathan Haidt, bestselling author of The Anxious Generation

‘This brilliantly useful book is the antidote to entitlement. Everyone should read it’ Annie Duke, bestselling author of Thinking in Bets, How to Decide, and Quit

‘This book might save you from a career you’ll regret.’ Adam Grant, bestselling author of Hidden Potential and Think Again, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking

‘A great book for a young person who won’t settle for putting their passion to one side. This book shows how to actually pursue that passion as a career’ Greg Lukianoff, bestselling co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind



About the Author :
Bill Gurley is a general partner at Benchmark, a leading venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Born in 1966 in Dickinson, Texas, Gurley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Florida and later received an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to his career in venture capital, Bill spent four years in investment banking.

Review :
Schools never teach a how to find work you love class. Bill Gurley clearly maps the path with sharp insights and real tools. Strongly recommended. I hadn’t even gotten through the first chapter, and I was already writing down ideas. Wicked smart and original, Bill pulls apart success stories and reverse engineers them for us. Thank you, Bill! Fantastic. A variety of useful insights and examples that converge into one story that underlies remarkable success in nearly any field: The relentless hunger to learn about the thing you love. This book might save you from a career you’ll regret. Bill Gurley has spent decades figuring out how to find a dream job, and his stories and advice are poised to take you one step closer to yours. Runnin’ Down a Dream is a practical guide to forging a fulfilling career, backed up by a mountain of research. It’s also a page turner that delves deep into the surprising, often zig-zagging career paths of exceptional performers. There is something inspiring on every page. Reading this book feels like sitting beside a clear-eyed mentor who's honest about how work really works. It replaces vague advice with vivid human stories and delivers a bracing call to act boldly in every part of our lives. Do the work. Learn from people who have been there. Go deep. Go wide. Be an agent in your own life. This brilliantly useful book is the antidote to entitlement. Everyone should read it. Many young people now reach their 20s with two strikes already against them: greater anxiety and diminished ability to focus. Gurley offers his readers a way to move forward with increasing energy and confidence. This inspiring book is an invitation to shift into ‘discover mode,’ where curiosity replaces fear and real growth begins. A great book for a young person who won’t settle for putting their passion to one side. This book shows how to actually pursue that passion as a career with examples of real-life successes who wouldn’t take no for an answer.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781529949971
  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Edition: New edition
  • Sub Title: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love
  • ISBN-10: 1529949971
  • Publisher Date: 26 Feb 2026
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English


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