Your Sorting Hat: On failing just once, being a learning machine and using your natural advantage
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Dec 05, 2023)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"When you fail, fail just once.
If you continue to brood and dwell on it, you fail twice.
If you do not take action to cure it or prevent it, you fail thrice."
II.
"What feels great in the short term is mostly bad for the long term.
What is great for the long term, often feels terrible in the short term.
Exercise vs entertainment. Completing vs giving up. Continuity vs Change."
III.
"You won't always win, each time you take a risk,
But you can learn and grow, from every near-miss."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
In memory of Charles T Munger, legendary investor, who passed away last week :
"I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than when they got up and boy does that help — particularly when you have a long run ahead of you"
Source: Quote: Charlie Munger
II.
Charles T Munger, legendary investor -
"Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Discharge your duties faithfully and well. Systematically you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts. Nevertheless, you build discipline by preparing for fast spurts. Slug it out one inch at a time, day by day. At the end of the day – if you live long enough – most people get what they deserve."
Source: Quote: Charlie Munger
1 Question
What is the natural advantage you have over others? How do you strengthen it and use it in your career?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times