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How to find inspiration in everyday life
How to stay motivated
How to cultivate a positive mindset
Wicked problems need newer approaches
Environments today are not “kinder” but are “wicked” and hence overspecialization is not going to help us succeed. Modern work demands applying knowledge in new situations and domains.
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Success and specialization
Success through early specialization is more an exception and not a rule.
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Always opt for messy Learning
Learning needs to be difficult and messy, for it to be truly effective. We learn who we are when we try new things, in practice, not in theory.
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Experiment early on
We need to experiment early as much as we can so that it builds in the right muscles of thinking and skills — systems thinking, big-picture, connecting the dots, creativity, pattern recognition, sense-making, navigating ambiguity etc.
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Compare with yourself, not with others
Never ‘feel’ (not fall) behind. We need to compare ourselves with how we were yesterday. There is nothing wrong with specialization but augment it, early on if possible, with enough experimentation.
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