Your Sorting Hat: On turning bad days, unfinished education and other expectations
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Apr 23, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Your day is the sum of what you pay attention to.
What you ignore matters as much as what you focus on.”
II.
"How you get past your bad days at work is a game to win.
On a bad morning, pull up your task list or make one for the day.
Pick an easy task. Do it and strike it off. Repeat till evening.
You are many steps ahead and the day is not so bad any more. Well played!"
III.
"Expect it to be tough. Whichever career or job or goal you choose.
You will fail often. You can quit and restart elsewhere. To fail again.
Or you can push past the struggle. Till you win the first time. Then again.
With expertise, you will enjoy the work. Even find passion. And success."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Isaac Asimov, legendary science fiction writer, on lifelong learning:
"People think of education as something that they can finish...
...There’s only this one universe and only this one lifetime to try to grasp it. And while it is inconceivable that anyone can grasp more than a tiny portion of it, at least you can do that much. What a tragedy just to pass through and get nothing out of it."
Source: Quote: Isaac Asimov
II.
Mark Twain, American writer and humorist, on 'entitlement' :
"Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
Source: Quote: Mark Twain
1 Question
Where are you trying to live someone else's expectations of you? What benefit are you seeking from doing so? How is it working out?
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Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times