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How to build positive relationships with colleagues and superiors
How to navigate office politics without compromising your values
How to handle conflicts and difficult situations in the workplace
To be successful at something
... you need to be:
- In the top 1 % of a field. This is only possible for a selected few.
- In the top 25 % of two or three extrinsic skills. This is easier to accomplish. Combining two or more things you are pretty good at will make you unique.
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The people at the top
The gains disproportionately accrue to people at the top. Stephen King probably sells more books than the rest of his category combined.
Being good at many things probably means that you are at 80% of your potential in all of them. It is not enough to stand out.
Pick a ...
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The 80/20 approach vs. 10,000 hours rule
- The 80/20 method: You can get 80 % proficiency in a subject in about 6 - 12 months.
- The 10,000-hour rule: You can become an expert at something if you spend 10,000 hours of deliberate practice on it.
To go from zero to 80% (good enough) requires a different...
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Skill 1 x Skill 2 x Skill 3 = Ability
If you lack a skill, you'll lack ability. If you have a zero anywhere in your equation, no amount of strengths will make up for it.
For instance, in Business, you will need Sales/Marketing, Innovation, Operations, Finance and Management. If you have zero knowledge of any of these, that...
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Make Yourself Rare
In this age, make yourself indispensable by being ‘pretty good’ in two or more skillsets, making yourself among the top 25 percent with some amount of effort. That’s easier than putting in 10,000 hours in one skill to attain mastery.
Taking the example of Scott Adams, ...
It's easier than ever to be a polymath
It's easier than ever to pioneer a new field, industry, or skill set:
- New skill sets, industries, and fields emerge is by combining them with old ones.
- The number of new academic fields and business industries is increasing exponentially.
How to approach and process any piece of criticism
- Make two lists: Things they’re wrong about and things that they might be right about.
- Next time you get feedback, make three columns: 1. What they said, 2. what’s ‘wrong’ with the feedback and 3. what might be right.
- Look at column ...
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