How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work is a personal development and career exploration book by David A. Fahrenthold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. The book focuses on the challenge of finding meaningful work and understanding how personal interests, skills, experiences, and values can guide people toward a fulfilling career path.

Drawing on reporting, interviews, and real-world stories, the book explores how people discover what they are meant to do and how they can move from uncertainty into purposeful action. Rather than presenting success as a single destination, it emphasizes experimentation, curiosity, persistence, and the importance of taking the first steps toward a meaningful professional life.

With insights from individuals who have navigated career changes, creative pursuits, and moments of uncertainty, How to Start offers encouragement and practical guidance for readers seeking direction, reinvention, or a deeper connection with their work.