Your Sorting Hat: On succeeding in Plan A, goals vs wishes and getting the role you want
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Oct 08, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"You are less committed when you carry multiple options.
You are more committed when you don't carry a Plan B.
Commitment is what gets you happiness, and success in your Plan A."
II.
"People look for success in the future, when some special circumstances, job or manager will magically find and deliver them to wealth and glory.
There are tons of opportunities right now around you and within your abilities, waiting to be seized, owned and executed.
Those who refuse to see them today, also won't find them in the future."
III.
"Mastering a skill, doing the hard work, and learning to lead -
Are journeys without shortcuts or hacks.
That's why the competition is so thin at the top."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Steve Maraboli, speaker and author, in the book - Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience -
"If you have a goal, write it down. If you do not write it down, you do not have a goal - you have a wish."
Source: Book: Unapologetically You - Steve Maraboli
II.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, quoted in the biography by Ashlee Vance - Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future -
"One of the really tough things is figuring out what questions to ask. Once you figure out the question, then the answer is relatively easy."
Source: Book: Elon Musk - Ashlee Vance
1 Question
As a student, ask yourself - what grades do I need to get the certificate I want? As a professional, ask yourself - what skills do I need to get the role I want?
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Devashish Chakravarty
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Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times