Your Sorting Hat: On blind spots, context of choice and being best suited
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (May 28, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Car blind spots are areas around the car that a driver cannot easily see. If you are unaware of these, then objects in the blind spots can cause serious accidents.
Personal blind spots are areas in ourselves that we can't see or believe. Finding and uncovering them with the help of others can prevent serious accidents.”
II.
"As a newbie - learn how a task is always done to skill up rapidly.
As an expert - question the task or why it is done that way, and create a better way."
III.
"'Follow your passion' - is incorrect and inadequate career advice for a beginner.
'Do what is valuable and what you can become good at' - builds a strong career that one can become passionate about over time."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Richard Thaler, Nobel prize winning behavioural economist, in his book- Nudge :
"Just as no building lacks an architecture, so no choice lacks a context."
Source: Book: Nudge by Richard Thaler
II.
Amanda Montell, American author and linguist, on dopamine, in her book - The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality:
"The hormonal rewards of constantly checking our phones fatigue the mind just as much as the stressors do. Studies of phone addiction have found the little hits of dopamine that keep users jonesing for notifications come with a tragic side effect. They actually inhibit the amount of dopamine we feel when exposed to real-life novelty. Said another way, phone addiction decreases our ability to enjoy new experiences in the physical world. When you’re hooked on novelty in electronic form, new foods and flowers lose their magic."
Source: Book: Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell
1 Question
Are you the best suited for your current job amongst your peers? If you are not best suited, then what do you need to learn?
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Devashish Chakravarty
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Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times