Early Career Advice

Career advice for young people and/or people early on in their career

Don’t force yourself to do anything you hate. If you get too good at this, you won’t be able to figure out when to quit.

Brian Timar • Mimetic

Stuart Evans

Work on What Matters.

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Jilber Najem

Make decisions easy for busy people. You will rise fast in your career if busy people like working with you. Here’s a tip: when you have a problem to solve, come prepared with a suggested next step. If you have a question, phrase it in a way they can answer yes/no. If there are multiple options, lay them out and ask them to pick one. Try to avoid

David Perell • 28 Pieces of Life Advice

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Finite and Infinite Games Quotes by James P. Carse

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Learning to be managed · Jose Antunes

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Jilber Najem

Obama's career advice for young people -- Just learn how to get stuff done. What I mean by that is I've seen at every level people who are very good at describing problems, people who are very sophisticated at explaining why something went wrong or why something can't get fixed. But, what I’m always looking for is,... See more

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Cultivate what Adam terms a “challenge network,” a cohort of people you can rely on to give you unvarnished feedback

If you want to reach your full potential, you’ll need to have your logic torn apart to discover holes, allowing you to improve your reasoning, so you make better decisions

The Man Who Does Everything - Adam Grant on The Tim Ferriss Show • Podcast Notes

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Make sure your job has clear price signals for success and failure. Be suspicious of roles that compensate you with status or non-financial rewards.

Brian Timar • Mimetic

Stuart Evans

A Forty-Year Career.

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