Your Sorting Hat: On 5% risk, great questions and rejection practice
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Nov 09, 2021)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Only your time is fixed. Your desires and your choices are unlimited.
The best use of your time? Choose one goal at a time. Chase it down."
II.
"Treat your job like your investments.
Invest 5% time in high risk projects."
III.
"The fastest way to grow is to make a feedback loop for yourself.
Ask your team every week - what worked well, what can be better?"
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Ray Dalio, hedge fund manager and billionaire, says that good questions matter more than answers, in his book - Principles: Life and Work -
"Look for people who have lots of great questions. Smart people are the ones who ask the most thoughtful questions, as opposed to thinking they have all the answers. Great questions are a much better indicator of future success than great answers."
Source: Book: Principles by Ray Dalio
II.
Ben Horowitz, entrepreneur and author, talks about friends who matter, in his book - The Hard Thing about Hard Things :
"No matter who you are, you need two kinds of friends in your life. The first kind is one you can call when something good happens, and you need someone who will be excited for you. Not a fake excitement veiling envy, but a real excitement. You need someone who will actually be more excited for you than he would be if it had happened to him. The second kind of friend is somebody you can call when things go horribly wrong—when your life is on the line and you only have one phone call."
Source: Book: The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
1 Question
When were you rejected last? Are you avoiding or building your "rejection muscle"?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times