How I navigated my biggest career transition
we can explore and exploit in parallel: become a jack of all trades, and a master of one. Or we can do it serially: lots of successful careers look like an initial period of exploration, followed by going deep on one thing for several years, then an exploration phase in an adjacent field, and so on. There is still a trade-off between these states,
... See moreRichard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
That’s what -1 to 0 feels like: messy, confusing—squiggly. The hardest part is escaping. What ultimately leads you out of the mess is conviction, a state you must build incrementally and internally. And conviction and certainty are not the same.
For many people, -1 to 0 is also about deciding how you want to work. In a startup? In a big team? As a m... See more
For many people, -1 to 0 is also about deciding how you want to work. In a startup? In a big team? As a m... See more
Ruchi Sanghvi • To Go 0 to 1, First Go -1 to 0
my first priority was to learn what the options were. You
don't need to be in a rush to choose your life's work. What you
need to do is discover what you like. You have to work on stuff
you like if you want to be good at what you do.It might seem that nothing would be easier than deciding what you
like, but it turns out to be hard, partly because it'... See more
don't need to be in a rush to choose your life's work. What you
need to do is discover what you like. You have to work on stuff
you like if you want to be good at what you do.It might seem that nothing would be easier than deciding what you
like, but it turns out to be hard, partly because it'... See more
Paul Graham • What You'll Wish You'd Known
Our career decisions are more reversible than we think
Humans suffer from what psychologists call the end of history illusion. We tend to understand that we’ve undergone significant personal growth and changes in taste to bring us to the present moment, but we discount the fact that we’ll change in the future.
The end of history illusion is worth k... See more
Humans suffer from what psychologists call the end of history illusion. We tend to understand that we’ve undergone significant personal growth and changes in taste to bring us to the present moment, but we discount the fact that we’ll change in the future.
The end of history illusion is worth k... See more