Your Sorting Hat: On what needs to be done, labelling negatives and starting a goal
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Feb 13, 2024)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Beginners learn to avoid mistakes.
Experts learn to make smart moves.”
II.
"In career or business, always keep building.
What you are not building, is aging and crumbling."
III.
"Every job has bits that you love.
And parts that need to be done.
In cricket, both the batsman and the bowler spend most of the time, simply fielding."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Chris Voss, hostage negotiation for the FBI, on handling negativity, in his book - Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It :
"Research shows that the best way to deal with negativity is to observe it, without reaction and without judgment. Then consciously label each negative feeling and replace it with positive, compassionate, and solution-based thoughts."
Source: Book: Never Split The Difference - Chris Voss
II.
Darren Hardy, American author, on the impact of everyday decisions, in his book - The Compound Effect :
"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine…
…You alone are responsible for what you do, don’t do, or how you respond to what’s done to you."
Source: Book: The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy
1 Question
If you could spend 10 minutes today to get started on one goal, which one would you start? What would you do?
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Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times