Dr. Jeffrey Gladden suggests buying cheap Starbucks gift cards and handing them to strangers each day. He says the practice brings immediate satisfaction, helps you understand yourself better, and builds the confidence and purpose that advance your career.
If you haven't figured out what makes you happy, if you haven't figured out what fulfills you, just do this simple exercise. Every day, do something small to a stranger, right? Whether at the grocery store, whether you're traveling, at the airport, at work, something that you absolutely don't know. You know what I mean? And sometimes just at Starbucks, I buy a few really small gift cards from Starbucks or whatever, right? And I said, okay, I'm going to give those 3 to the first 3 that I'm going to meet today. Starbucks gift cards, right? It's just so fulfilling and it helped me a lot along my career to feel good about myself, to understand myself more and what makes me happy.
