Your Sorting Hat: On delivering on demand, working for one moment and fearless dreams
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Jul 30, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday! The Olympic season is upon us and these are inspired by the Olympics.
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Every career operates at 3 levels. You progress when you reinvent yourself -
Level 1 Novice is when learning core skills lead to success
Level 2 Expert is the mid level where leading a team matters most
Level 3 Master is the final level of selling and executing a vision, a dream."
II.
"Most world class athletes do not win medals in the Olympics. They fall to -
Pressure, expectations, audiences, weather, health and equipment failure.
Those who succeed have the one common ability to - 'Deliver on Demand'."
III.
"For every glorious gold medal at the quadrennial Olympics
There are hundreds who dedicated 4 years of solitary life chasing the dream.
It was never about the rare victory, but the price you are willing to pay to dream!"
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Usain Bolt, 8 time Olympic gold medalist in sprints, on worrying -
"Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you’re going to perform, you’ve already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best, and the rest will take care of itself."
Source: Quote: Usain Bolt
II.
Serena Williams, 4 Olympic gold medals in tennis, on work vs luck -
"Luck has nothing to do with it. I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come."
Source: Quote: Serena Williams
1 Question
Which dream would you chase if you had no fear of failure?
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Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times