Your Sorting Hat: On what drives you, walking into fear and time in distraction
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Feb 05, 2025)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Get clear on what drives you—financial growth or fulfilling work, deep mastery in one skill or a variety of challenges, corporate stability or the excitement of entrepreneurship.
Once you know, let that clarity shape your daily choices, not momentary convenience. Every small and big decision compounds to create the future you truly want."
II.
"Window shopping is daydreaming. Shopping is paying for and getting what you want.
Similarly, every career and education choice comes with a price of entry and then another price for success.
Are you window shopping or willing to pay the price?"
III.
"There's greater benefit in avoiding mistakes than displaying brilliance.
Figure out what causes failure, what triggers accidents and what gets you fired.
First learn to avoid those and secure your path. The reliable professional has a surer path to success than the unreliable reckless genius."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter, on self doubt:
"If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced."
Source: Quote: Vincent Van Gogh
II.
Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, in What I Know For Sure :
"Whenever I’m faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid of making a mistake, feeling rejected, looking foolish, or being alone? I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer you’ve been searching for comes into focus. And as you walk into what you fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you’re willing and open, produce your greatest strength."
Source: Book: What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
1 Question
What was your biggest distraction today? How much time did it take away from you? If you could get that time back, how would you reinvest it?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times