Your Sorting Hat: On the most underrated skill, possibilities and Season Two
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Feb 25, 2025)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"The most underrated skill in the workplace isn’t leadership or creativity—it’s knowing how to work with difficult people.
Success is often about navigating personalities, not just tasks. If you can manage egos, defuse conflicts, and stay professional under pressure, you’ll stand out anywhere."
II.
"Your biggest career breakthrough won’t come from working harder. It will come from thinking differently.
What’s one outdated career rule you’re blindly following? What if the opposite were true? Challenge your assumptions, and you might unlock new possibilities."
III.
"A career that pays well feels great in the short term. A career that aligns with your purpose feels great for a lifetime.
Instead of chasing higher salaries alone, ask: What problems do I want to solve for the next 10 years? Your career is a long game—opt for fulfillment and impact over momentary gains."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Rebecca Solnit, in Hope in the Dark, on the power of uncertainty:
"When we lose hope, we lose the ability to act. But uncertainty is a space of possibility, where the future remains unwritten, open to those who step forward and claim it."
Source: Book: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
II.
John O’Donohue, in To Bless the Space Between Us, on reinvention:
"A new beginning is not a destination, but a willingness to step forward before the path fully appears."
Source: Book: To Bless the Space Between Us by John O’Donohue
1 Question
If your career or life had a "Season Two", what new plotline would you introduce? What theme do you want to enhance your next chapter?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times