On what you focus on, self-control and your important truth
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Mar 19, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"What you focus on is what you see.
Focus on the 'possible' next step, not the 'impossible' distant goal.
Focus on playing the next shot right, not on winning the cricket match.”
II.
"Know that your first attempt will be your worst. Excellence will come later.
Your first job. Your first project. Your first speech. Your first leadership try.
Once you embrace this, you face failures easily and power through to real success."
III.
"Being good at your job is one set of skills.
Being good at interviews is a different skill."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Adam Grant, organisational psychologist and Wharton Professor, in his book - Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World:
"Argue like you’re right and listen like you’re wrong."
Source: Book: Originals by Adam Grant
II.
Sam Wang, neuroscientist and Professor, shares results from research, in his book - Neuroscience of Everyday Life :
"Self-control is a better predictor of later success than IQ."
Source: Book: Neuroscience by Sam Wang
1 Question
What important truth do very few people agree with you on? - (the favourite interview question of Peter Thiel, co-founder Paypal)
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times