Your Sorting Hat: On the Notebook Habit, rearview mirrors and struggle to change
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Feb 27, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"The Notebook Habit
The most useful habit to acquire early in a career is learning to use a notebook.
Preparing a task list for the day and making daily learning and meeting notes.
The notebook becomes even more valuable when you lead a team for the first time.”
II.
"Imagine driving a car, using only the rearview mirror. You won't get anywhere.
Now imagine charting a future based on what has happened to you in the past."
III.
"Physics teaches us : ' Work = Power x Time'
At work, you can get similar outcomes through intense effort in a shorter time
Or with consistency over a longer period where you expend less power every day."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Marshall Goldsmith, leadership coach and author in the book - What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful :
"Successful people become great leaders when they learn to shift the focus from themselves to others."
Source: Book: What Got You Here - Marshall Goldsmith
II.
Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and mathematician, in his book - The Conquest of Happiness :
"The secret of happiness is very simply this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile"
Source: Book: Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell
1 Question
Where are you struggling to change? Does the change really matter to you?
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Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times