Your Sorting Hat: On balance through ruthless elimination, a bearable life and leaving behind in 2024
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Dec 24, 2024)
Wish you a successful Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Every fresh start is an opportunity to redefine what success looks like for you.
What does your 2025 success story look like? Begin with the end in mind.”
II.
"Balance is never about doing everything; it is about doing only the right things.
Prioritize ruthlessly to create space for what matters most."
III.
"Bold learning is your greatest investment.
Master a skill you’ve avoided because it felt intimidating—it might just be the key to your next breakthrough."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Carol S. Dweck, on adopting a growth mindset, in Mindset:
"Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?"
Source: Book:
Source: Book: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck
II.
Victor Frankl, on finding purpose, in Man’s Search for Meaning:
"Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose."
Source: Book: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
1 Question
What one thing will you leave behind in 2024 to create more space for the life and career you truly want in 2025?
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Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times