Your Sorting Hat: On skilling, failing and copying wins

Career Tuesday

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3 ideas, 2 quotes, 1 question (Jul 20, 2021)

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3 IDEAS FROM ME

I.

"The specialist survives by upgrading skills each time technology changes.

The generalist succeeds by adding new stuff to the skill stack.

Survival or success, the future belongs to those who continuously re-skill."

II.

"When you show extraordinary results, you know you have done difficult things.

The world knows it too."  

III.

"You will beat both - laziness and fear of failure - when you can no longer tolerate the 'status quo' or things staying the same."

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I.

James M Barrie, author and creator of Peter Pan, focuses on removing a fear of failure  - 

“We are all failures - at least the best of us are.”

Source: James M Barrie quote

II.

Coach John Wooden a.k.a Wizard of Westwood, a legendary basketball coach, believed in doing the best with existing resources without any excuses :

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."

Source: John Wooden quote

1 QUESTION FOR YOU

When did you last copy a winning strategy from someone else? What prevents you from copying more wins?

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Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times