Your Sorting Hat: On being intolerant, removing blind spots and a pain to cherish
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Oct 24, 2023)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Your situation is a measure of what you tolerate.
If poor health is intolerable, you take action to change your state.
If failure is unacceptable, you increase focus to change the result.
Be intolerant. Raise the bar on yourself to rise higher."
II.
"Is a coach necessary for a sportsperson? For a champion? Why?
Yes. To learn correctly, to keep improving, and to succeed longer.
Then - is a coach necessary in other professions? Where is yours?"
III.
"Do you want to get better?
Start by measuring progress."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Tim Denning, personal development writer, has a lever for self-discipline, in his book - Burned Out to Fired Up :
"You’re a liar, remember? You need leverage. Tell one person close to you what you’ve decided. The more people you tell, the more leverage you will have against yourself to take action and follow through."
Source: Book: Burned Out to Fired Up by Tim Denning
II.
Shane Parrish, author and entrepreneur, promotes clear thinking in his book - The Great Mental Models : General Thinking Concepts -
"In life and business, the person with the fewest blind spots wins. Removing blind spots means we see, interact with, and move closer to understanding reality. We think better. And thinking better is about finding simple processes that help us work through problems from multiple dimensions and perspectives, allowing us to better choose solutions that fit what matters to us. The skill for finding the right solutions for the right problems is one form of wisdom."
Source: Book: Great Mental Models by Shane Parrish
1 Question
What is a pain from your life that you treasure? Why does it have meaning for you?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times