Your Sorting Hat: On being net positive, being smarter and then What
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Jun 11, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Are you net positive or negative in each circle you operate in? A giver or a taker?
Do you create more than you consume? Do you add more value than you extract?
Creators vs Critics. One is usually more successful and welcome than the other.”
II.
"'I don't know' - is the best mindset to learn a topic or skill rapidly.
The opposite is - wanting to be right instead of wanting to learn what is right."
III.
"There are colleagues who celebrate you when you are doing well.
Others help you to your feet when you make a mistake.
Which one are you? Neither? Both?"
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Debbie Millman, writer and designer, on lasting success :
"Expect anything worthwhile to take a long time."
Source: Quote: Debbie Millman
II.
Daniel Dennett, philosopher and cognitive scientist, on the quest for constant improvement, in his book, Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking:
"No matter how smart you are, you’re smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available."
Source: Book: Intuition Pumps by Daniel Dennett
1 Question
If you are struggling between choices, ask the follow-up question - 'and then What'?
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Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times