Your Sorting Hat: Past Limiting Belief, Man in the Arena and Changed Values
Career Tuesday
Careers, Life and Questions (Apr 12, 2022)
Wish you a Happy Career Tuesday!
3 Career Ideas
I.
"Your single biggest hurdle is usually a limiting belief.
A good leader or coach will get you past that point."
II.
"In a new role, execute before you speak.
Your words will carry more weight."
III.
"React or Respond? You have a choice each time. There's a huge gap in results.
Reaction is instinctive. Response is thoughtful and driven by a desired outcome."
2 Life Quotes from Books
I.
Jay Shetty, social media superstar and trained monk, pushes for Action over Intention in his book - Think Like a Monk - Train your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day :
"We can’t sit around with true intentions expecting that what we want will fall into our laps. Nor can we expect someone to find us, discover how amazing we are, and hand us our place in the world. Nobody is going to create our lives for us.
Martin Luther King Jr., said, “Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.”"
Source: Book: Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty
II.
Brené Brown, American Professor and renowned Ted speaker, on the right source to take feedback and criticism from, in her book - Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. :
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again…who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly..
If you are not in the arena getting your ass kicked on occasion, I’m not interested in or open to your feedback. There are a million cheap seats in the world today filled with people who will never be brave with their lives but who will spend every ounce of energy they have hurling advice and judgment at those who dare greatly. Their only contributions are criticism, cynicism, and fear mongering. If you’re criticizing from a place where you’re not also putting yourself on the line, I’m not interested in what you have to say."
Source: Book: Dare to Lead by Brené Brown
1 Question
What belief or value changed for you, in your current job? Was it worth it?
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Until next week,
Devashish Chakravarty
Author of YourSortingHat
Columnist for Careers at The Economic Times