Your Sorting Hat: On being unstoppable, removing blind spots and benefits of discontent
Career Tuesday
3 ideas, 2 quotes, 1 question (Aug 10, 2021)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
"Company culture matters.
Say - you are a perfectionist at heart while your employer encourages a mistake free environment. Then, you are recognised more often and remain motivated.
Meanwhile, your employer calls you a 'fit'."
II.
"Success in a role lies in 3 areas -
1. Knowledge of subject
2. Delivery of result
3. Impact on employer
Be great at any 1 to succeed as a junior. Any 2 at mid-level and all 3 as a senior.
III.
"Success offers rewards. Failure offers learnings.
To be unstoppable, your only task is to pick your learnings from each failure. Then, let learnings and rewards compound with time."
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
Book recommendation - The Great Mental Models, by author Shane Parrish well known for his blog - Farnam Street. Here's a bit from the book -
“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.”
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II.
Richa Chadha, Filmfare award winning actress from Gangs of Wasseypur, on the secret to making progress :
"You have to lift off the back foot while taking a step forward, or you will not be able to move ahead."
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1 QUESTION FOR YOU
Where are you most discontented? There you will achieve your maximum learning.
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times