Your Sorting Hat: On working less, true networking and being judged
Careers, Life and Questions (Nov 23, 2021)
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3 Career Ideas
I.
"Want to negotiate better? Stop talking. Listen instead.
You will reach an answer. Faster. Better. Happier. "
II.
"The best long term answers for your life are painful in the short term.
What pain are you suffering from today? Is it a hidden long term answer?"
III.
"At work, the less you do, the more you succeed.
If you could do only one thing at work today, what would you choose?
This question forces you to prioritise. And lack of other work, gives you time to focus and deliver in what matters most to you."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Keith Ferrazzi, entrepreneur and author, removes negativity around "networking" in his book - Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time" :
"Real networking was about finding ways to make other people more successful."
Source: Book: Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi
II.
Erich Maria Remarque, author of the famous book - All Quiet on the Western Front, offers an insight on our behaviour in another wartime novel - Three Comrades :
"Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!"
Source: Book: Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque
1 Question
Are you afraid of being judged by people you respect? How is that fear changing you?
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Devashish Chakravarty
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Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times