Your Sorting Hat: On starting off, on a love of solitude and on disallowing negativity
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Aug 29, 2023)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Planning is always a good idea -
Except when it stops or delays you from starting."
II.
"When you start a new skill or role, you will suck at it.
If you are not ready to suck at it, you will quit.
Else you will suck at it long enough till you become good at it."
III.
"Believe the customer or employer who pays, not the one who promises.
Believe the manager or colleague who delivers, not the one who assures.
Trust actions not words."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Abhilash Tomy, first Indian non-stop solo circumnavigator, in his book - Kadal Ottakku Kshanichappol :
"A man who does not love solitude can never be in love with his own freedom."
Source: Book: Kadal Ottakku Kshanichappol by Abhilash Tomy
II.
Rick Rubin, American record producer, has advice for artists and entrepreneurs alike, in his book - The Creative Act -
"If you have an idea you’re excited about and you don’t bring it to life, it’s not uncommon for the idea to find its voice through another maker. This isn’t because the other artist stole your idea, but because the idea’s time has come."
Source: Book: The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
1 Question
Who around you is weighing you down? How are you encouraging or allowing it?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times