Your Sorting Hat: On failures, reading and goals that transform
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Jul 09, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Failures do not lead you to success.
Only if you learn from them, they do."
II.
"Each career skill is acquired across 4 levels.
Level 1 - observe it being done. Level 2 - learn how it is done.
Level 3 - do it without supervision. Level 4 - show and teach others.
You earn money at Level 3 and lead a team at Level 4."
III.
"What is the most impactful thing you could do at work tomorrow?
Write it down. Do it before any other task for the day."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Charles T Munger, legendary investor, on reading - :
"In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time -- none, zero."
Source: Quote: Charlie Munger
II.
Naval Ravikant, entrepreneur, in The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness -
"Escape competition through authenticity."
Source: Almanack of Naval Ravikant
1 Question
What goal changed you the most as a person? What matters more, the goal or the change?
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Devashish Chakravarty
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Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times