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The career advice no one tells you
Exposure builds credibility
After you accomplish anything professionally, get online and write about it. Help someone who was once in your shoes trying to figure things out.
The bigger the audience you have, the more people will take you seriously.
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Meaningful productivity
The best work happens in short intensive deep work spurts (1–3 hours, no distractions).
Your best thinking will actually happen while you’re away from your work, “recovering.” B...
The first 3 hours of the day
...are your most precious for maximized productivity.
Your brain is most attuned first thing in the morning, and so are your energy levels. Consequently, the best time to do your best work is during this time.
The “90–90–1” rule
Spend the first 90 minutes of your workday on your #1 priority, nothing else.
Zero distractions. Just get that work done.
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Focus on what matters
- Write down the end goal.
- Divide the goal into specific actions you need to take to get there. Think in terms of systems: focussed, routine actions that you can do daily.
- List a...
Steve Jobs
“Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do. It’s true for companies, and it’s true for products."
Seek Simplicity
- Find out if the problem really exists, and why. This will open a path to alternative ways of solving it.
- Some problems, which seem complex, often have simple solutions.
- What is the surest thing in that complex problem? That becomes your First Principle, your starting point.
- List out the possible solutions
- Focus on one good solution while removing the rest.
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The peak-end rule
Is a cognitive bias that impacts how people remember past events.
We don’t remember experiences accurately. Rather, we tend to recall the highlights and how things end. This appl...
Taking advantage of the Peak-end rule
- End on a high note: to make better memories, always consider how you will end an experience.
- More peaks, more memories: getting out there, even if it hurts, can create lasting memories if it leads to an intense payoff.
- Small bursts will do: we don’t need an experience to be long to make a positive memory.