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A Self-Reinforcing Cycle
The interconnectedness of skills and networks is highlighted by the fact that we improve our skills faster when we know more people. We also tend to meet better people in our lives if we have great skills.
People with special skills know their worth and charge good money, as their skills become high-value among their network.
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Network Vs Skills
A professional and personal network of friends and peers is an important aspect of progressing in one’s career, as are skills like technical competency and design.
- If we have skills and no network, we are better off cultivating more relationships.
- If we are having a huge netwo...
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Introversion And Extroversion
- Hard work is done alone and meeting new people while working can be distracting.
- The solution is to cycle between the two modes, one being extroversion(building relationships) and the other being introversion(sitting and working.)
- Depending on our current state, we should ad...
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Spending a large amount of time with someone literally causes you to pick up their habits. Choose your friends wisely.
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Outlook on social networks
Reid Hoffman invests in networks and companies that, as people get into them, the value is added to their life by the other people in the network. Examples of investments:
- Flickr - photo sharing
- Last.fm - music sharing
- Zynga - game playing
Adults Are Busy With Purpose
- As adults, we're expected to have our lives figured out and become well-put-together people. We often find our calling in our 20s and 30s but not everyone does.
- Thus we look for a purpose towards building our career or a family. While young adults may see ...
Don't Sell Yourself Too Cheaply - Day 126
- Do we treat the days of our lives like we treat our money? Because we don't exactly know how many days we'll be alive, and because we try our hardest not to think about the fact that someday we'll die, we're pretty liberal with how freely we spend our time. We let people and obligations impo...
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