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Take on "little bets"

Little bets = bite-sized, carefully chosen projects that take no more than a few months, give you valuable feedback, and help you to determine your next steps.

You don't need to commit to a project that will determine your work life for the next few years. Take on small projects and continuously adapt.

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Use career capital to "buy" perks

Once you've developed your career capital and learned some rare and valuable skills, you will be more valuable to your employer.

Use this leverage to negotiate shorter hours, more freedom, etc.

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It takes practice to build career capital

Deliberate practice = practice that stretches your abilities and provides instant feedback

It has been estimated by interviewing masters of particular skills that to excel at a complex task takes 10,000 hours of practice. You need to have patience and keep working...

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"Follow your passions" is bad advice

"Follow your passions" is bad advice

Few people have a passion that neatly translates into a career, and following one's passions often leads to misguided career moves. Rather, your satisfaction at work has more to do with your experience with that work rather than the type of work.

To have intrinsic ...

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Think about what you can offer the world

  • A "passion mindset" focuses on what the world can offer to you - what perfect job can you find to fit your passions? This often leads to confusion and wandering from job to job.
  • A "craftsman mindset" focuses on what you can offer the world in whate...

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To get a great job you have to offer something great

A job that satisfies the ingredients of intrinsic motivation is rare and valuable, so you need to develop rare and valuable skills to offer in exchange.

Career capital = the value of competencies, knowledge and individual personality attributes you have to...

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The "law of remarkability"

To create a successful project it must:

  1. Compel people who discover it to tell others (nothing that has been done before or is boring)
  2. Be launched in a venue that supports that sharing (the internet, social media, research journals, etc.)

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Focus Only on the Next Action

When you have a multi-action task, keep only its next sequential action on your to-do list. When the task is complete, refer to your project list and add its next action to your to-do list.
At any given moment, your to-do list should contain only the next logical action for all your ...

When you feel overwhelmed, start with small steps

When you feel that you are unable to do even a menial task, your motivation is your biggest friend.

When a huge project is given to you and it feels overwhelming, give yourself some time to examine the project and break it down to bite-sized piece that you can take on. At the end o...

Create An Action Plan

Take a few moments to create a plan of where you would like to see yourself in the next couple of months or years.ย 

Align those dreams with your priorities to help you focus on making your wishes come true.ย 

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