Early Career Advice
Career advice for young people and/or people early on in their career
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Early Career Advice
Maintain a diversity of pursuits — you want to ensure that, no matter how engrossed you become in one, you never forget that the others exist.
Brian Timar • Mimetic
Perhaps the best career advice I’ve heard is to lower the stakes. When we loosen our grip on the “right” path to pursue, we open ourselves to what the universe has to offer.
Simone Stolzoff • How to Find Clarity When You’re at a Career Crossroads
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
The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living
Randy Komisar • 6 highlights
amazon.comAdvice for those in their 20s: “ten years from now, you need to be able to say that this is the life you chose, not one you settled for.”
A future that is created intentionally is more pleasant than one that is scrapped together by avoidance-driven choices.
Concentrate on finding a big idea that will make an impact on the people you want to influence
I’m rejecting the career ladder metaphor in favor of the career river. Here’s why:
1. The ultimate goal of the career ladder is: reach the top.
The ultimate goal of the career river is: reach your ocean - a thriving, wide-open ecosystem fed by other rivers to explore. /
Bridget Thoresontwitter.com