Your Sorting Hat: On immediate milestones, need for storytelling and limited priorities
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Jan 23, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Increase your income either by increased efficiency or increased capability.
Efficiency increases by deliberate practice.
Capability increases from new learnings and new responsibilities.
It is up to you, not your employer, to take the initiative."
II.
"You succeed only after you decide to stop looking good.
To learn something, you will first fail before you succeed.
And failure does not look good."
III.
"Marathon runners never focus on the finish line that is far away.
They focus only on the next kilometre milestone.
Your career is a marathon. Focus on the immediate milestone only."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Jonah Berger, professor and author, on why storytelling matters in his book - Contagious - Why Things Catch On :
"People don't think in terms of information. They think in terms of narratives. But while people focus on the story itself, information comes along for the ride."
Source: Book: Contagious by Jonah Berger
II.
Shery Sandberg, COO of Facebook - Meta, on leadership, in her book - Lean In - Women, Work, and the Will to Lead :
"Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. (Harvard Business School definition of leadership)"
Source: Book: Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
1 Question
What are your priorities for this day or week? If you have more than 3, you are unlikely to fulfil them.
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times