Your Sorting Hat: On building bridges, space for the future and fun at work
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Oct 10, 2023)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Write down the target goal in maximum detail -
Whether you are designing a product, your career or your life.
The details give clarity and direction and increase the probabilities of success."
II.
"You cannot cross a bridge that has not been built.
Your relationships work best for you only when you have built and nourished them."
III.
"Where there is great demand and little supply, the price is high -
Where there is low demand and abundant supply, the price is low.
When you understand how demand-supply works -
You start to understand which skills serve you better and what you need to learn."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Anthony Robbins, American writer and coach, talks about learning from success, in his book - Money Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom :
"What I’ve known from the beginning is that success leaves clues.
People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they’re doing something differently than everyone else does. I’m interested in those people: those who have a relentless hunger to learn and grow and achieve."
Source: Book: Money Master the Game by Anthony Robbins
II.
Marie Kondō (Konmari), Japanese author, in her book on de-cluttering - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying : -
"The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past."
Source: Book: Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondo
1 Question
What are the fun parts in your job? How can you remind yourself and recreate it daily?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times