radical thoughts
The key source of design insight is a clearheaded diagnosis of the structure of the challenge, especially its crux, by employing a tool kit of persistence, analogy, point of view, making explicit assumptions, asking why, and recognizing your unconscious constraints.
Richard P. Rumelt • The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists
your interests. Number two: The greatest lessons you learn in the beginning of a career are about people—how to work with people, be managed by people, manage expectations with people, and lead other people. As such, the team you choose to join, and your boss, are huge factors in the value of a professional experience early in your career. Choose
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Your true greatness comes when you focus not on building a career but on finding your quest.
Vishen Lakhiani • The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed on Your Own Terms
People love to ask what you do for work and understand your professional trajectory. Often, it’s a surface question. Or, used to quickly categorize people in familiar boxes. But beneath this lies a far more interesting story.
I don’t think you can truly answer questions about work without exploring ambition and identity. Looking back over the... See more
Sam Sager • Work, Ambition, and Identity
what matters more is who you are in your job, than the job itself
Haley Nahman • #217: Following your (non-specific) dreams
It is still shocking to admit that I no longer have any career ambitions. It didn’t happen suddenly overnight, but instead creeped up on me until I realized that I just didn’t care anymore.
Jenna Park • My career ambitions have left the building
“It was often the case, for people our age, that an interesting job was tantamount to being an interesting person,” Asya says of the educated, cosmopolitan set to which she belongs, though she herself rejects the idea.