Your Sorting Hat: On power of routine, learning machines and time frugality
Career Tuesday
3 ideas, 2 quotes, 1 question (Aug 24, 2021)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 IDEAS FROM ME
I.
"Writers and artists block time to do work and do not wait for inspiration. The daily hours add up to success.
Fix a daily time and place where you want to succeed - health, learning or work. Your routine is your friend, not your motivation."
II.
"When you are desperate, you lower your standards. And make wrong decisions.
Before you look for a job, have no cause for despair. If money is your worry, save some or seek support before you start a job search."
III.
"If you are stuck at a problem, try distance.
Ask someone who is not involved. Or take a weekend trip. Distance from a problem permits a new perspective and thus new solutions."
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I.
Charles T. Munger, renowned investor and colleague of Warren Buffet, is known for his wisdom around using mental models and wealth creation -
“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 they were when they got up, and boy, does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.”
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II.
Seneca, Roman Stoic philosopher, and statesman, on time as real wealth :
"People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy."
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1 QUESTION FOR YOU
What are you grateful for today? Remind yourself during the day.
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times