Your Sorting Hat: On asking questions, scheduling reality and pre-empting failures
Career Tuesday
3 ideas, 2 quotes, 1 question (Aug 03, 2021)
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3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
"Take ownership of your outcomes. Even if you do not control all the factors.
You will find better solutions and will soon be the most valuable player on the team."
II.
"Time is the only investment in your career. And it is limited.
In a project or a meeting, ask yourself - what will you gain from this hour invested?"
III.
"Asking questions is an underrated skill.
As a team leader or a team member, ask effective and timely questions to get better results than from any other conversation."
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, writes about solving stress through prioritising the important -
“I rarely feel rushed when I am working on the most important thing. The act of making progress on what matters—even if it's small—is calming.
It's such a simple idea: Simply do the most important thing first and you rarely feel like you don't have enough time for what matters.”
Source: James Clear on Twitter
II.
Anthony Robbins, American author and coach, speaks about 3 steps to converting desire to reality :
"If you talk about it, it's a dream, if you envision it, it's possible, but if you schedule it, it's real."
Source: Anthony Robbins on Twitter
1 QUESTION FOR YOU
If you fail in your current goal, what would be the causes? By answering this correctly, can you change your path today?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times