3-2-1: Two ways to grow, how to criticize, and a simple recipe for finding good opportunities
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3-2-1: Two ways to grow, how to criticize, and a simple recipe for finding good opportunities
Give others something to react to. Bring solutions, not problems. Take control of your career.
Gorick Ng • The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right
When you read biographies of people who've done great work, it's remarkable how much luck is involved. They discover what to work on as a result of a chance meeting, or by reading a book they happen to pick up. So you need to make yourself a big target for luck, and the way to do that is to be curious. Try lots of things, meet lots of people, read
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Brain Food: Chalkboard Decisions
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(1) be curious (curiosity), (2) try stuff (bias to action), (3) reframe problems (reframing), (4) know it’s a process (awareness), and (5) ask for help (radical collaboration).
Dave Evans • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
future. I feel that optimism is important to communicate to the team, instead of solely focusing on problems. Someone once told me, “If you only engage with people about problems, pretty soon, you’ll become the problem for them,” and I agree with that.