Your Sorting Hat: First to say YES, choosing a life and freeing up focus
Careers, Life and Questions (Apr 26, 2022)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Be the first to say YES, when asked to do something difficult.
You build creative muscle, learn faster and lead an exciting life."
II.
"What you chase - confirms it's absence in you.
Once you stop chasing, is when it's part of your identity."
III.
"Stay In The Game - is the best career advice of all time.
Avoid stuff that can lead to a strike out from your game."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Marina Evelyn Keegan, American author, best known for her essay The Opposite of Loneliness - which went viral after her death in a car crash in 2012, just five days after she graduated from Yale University. Her writings talk of endless possibilities in the present moment :
"The middle of the universe is tonight, is here, And everything behind is a sunk cost."
"What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our minds. We can start over."
Source: Book: The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan
II.
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, shared key questions and a few personal answers in his book - Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos :
"...Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure? Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions? Will you bluff it out when you’re wrong, or will you apologize? Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love? Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling? When it’s tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless? Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder? Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?...
...My grandfather looked at me, and after a bit of silence, he gently and calmly said, “Jeff, one day you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever...”"
Source: Book: Invent and Wander by Jeff Bezos
1 Question
What can you give up today to free up either your time or your focus?
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Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times