Your Sorting Hat: On fuelling your fire, imagining immensities and for future you
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Mar 25, 2025)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Energy Audit > Time Management
Time is limited, but your energy is renewable.
At the end of each day, ask:
→ What drained me?
→ What charged me up?
Recalibrate your schedule not by what fills your calendar, but by what fuels your fire."
II.
"Aim for Moonshots, Then Design the Launchpad.
Playing safe keeps you busy. Playing bold gets you noticed.
Pick one audacious goal. Then reverse-engineer the smallest next step.
Remember: the next step may not be glamorous, but it moves you closer to the extraordinary."
III.
"Confidence Comes After the Jump, Not Before.
Confidence is not a prerequisite — it’s a result.
When you take action despite fear, confidence follows.
Imperfect action > perfect hesitation. Every leap builds your landing gear."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Debbie Millman, designer and author, on crafting a bold life, in Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays on the Intersection of Life and Design :
"If you imagine less, less will be what you undoubtedly deserve.
Do what you love, and don’t stop until you get what you love.
Work as hard as you can, imagine immensities, don’t compromise, and don’t waste time."
Source: Book: Look Both Ways by Debbie Millman
II.
Rick Rubin, legendary music producer, on authentic creation in The Creative Act: A Way of Being:
"Being open to what you’re unsure of is where magic lives.
The willingness to make something that might not work is the birthplace of all breakthroughs."
— Book: The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Source: Book: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
1 Question
What are you doing this week that future-you will thank you for?
(Not “should do.” Not “wish to do.” But truly — that you will be grateful for.)
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times