Your Sorting Hat: On being underestimated, courage or comfort, and a first step to mastery
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Jul 15, 2025)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Being underestimated is a superpower.
When people assume you can’t do much, you get the gift of surprise and room to experiment.
Let your results speak before your resume does.
Instead of defending your worth, deliver it."
II.
"Disobedience is sometimes strategic.
Following every norm won’t get you noticed.
Choose one “rule” to break thoughtfully this week—
→ Skip a status meeting to finish deep work.
→ Rewrite a dull process that “has always been done this way.”
Progress loves rebels with purpose."
III.
"Design your legacy before your LinkedIn headline.
Your job title will change. Your impact won’t.
Ask yourself: What will people thank you for five years from now?
Then backcast. What’s the smallest habit you can begin today that aligns with that legacy?"
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Brené Brown, in Rising Strong, on vulnerability and courage:
"You can choose courage or you can choose comfort. You cannot have both."
Source: Book: Rising Strong by Brene Brown
II.
Neil Gaiman, on mistakes and forward movement in Make Good Art:
"I hope you'll make mistakes. If you’re making mistakes, it means you’re out there doing something."
Source: Book: Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman
1 Question
What’s one topic you’ve silently wanted to master but haven’t taken the first step toward - yet?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times