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It will be such a tragedy if you believe so.
Instead, avoid organization that play zero-sum games. That say, "in order for you to win, someone else will have to lose."
Work at places where competition is considered a healthy trait.
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Experience is important. More important though is attitude and curiosity, because that ensures that you can gather experience in any new field, if you have to.
If without experience, bank on your attitude and curiosity.
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Most wealthy people I know, became so because of having a fulfilling steady job.
We don't talk about them because we salivate on the startup billionaires, of which there are only so many.
Consistent Salary + Investing = Wealth
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In a corporate job, you learn structure, you learn planning, you learn systems, you learn processes.
Most importantly, you learn how individual contribution across multiple teams, moves a large engine.
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Most people who I know are immensely happy with their job rarely claim to be working for someone else.
They are working towards the larger goal of the organization.
And they feel proud to be contributing towards that.
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Humans, are political.
We love to gossip, we love to guard our own territory and we do not like being proven wrong.
The key then is to find an organization (and several exist), where merit is more important than who or what you know!
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No one is too important.E
veryone can be dispensed.
Don't ever get entitled.
Don't ever get comfortable.
Keep learning. Keep asking questions. Keep exploring.
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A startup isn't for everyone.
I have met the most ambitious, committed, driven professionals who derive joy from their jobs. They would make terrible entrepreneurs.
It is this awareness that makes them successful.
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Not true.
Hard work without direction, is work wasted.
Focus on the direction and results of your work, just as much as you focus on the intensity of it.
And showcase that work.
Not just through talking. Through its impact.
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• Most of us learn to base our self-worth on comparisons and competition. We think about succeeding in terms of someone else failing—if I win, you lose; or if you win, I lose. Life becomes a zero-sum game. We all play the game, but how much fun is it really?
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We’ve been playing it since monkey tribes. It’s hierarchical. Who’s number one? Who’s number two? Who’s number three? And for number three to move to number two, number two has to move out of that slot. So, status is a zero-sum game.
Politics is an example of a status game.
They play ...
No, we are not over yet. After discussing the topic with my friend’s Dad (he is a doctor), I’ve made a list of things you need to understand and avoid anxiety attacks (hard to breathe moments).
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