The last career guide you'll ever need.
Every high school kid should read this. Then again, I'm not sure I would have taken it to heart like now. It makes a lot of sense now that I'm 47 years old, and I hope it's not too late for me. Good thing my 10-year-old has just read it.
- Lesson 1: There is no plan.
- Lesson 2: Think strengths, not weaknesses.
- Lesson 3: It's not about you.
- Lesson 4: Persistence trumps talent.
- Lesson 5: Make excellent mistakes.
- Lesson 6: Leave an imprint.
L1: career decisions based two different types of reasons -- 1. Instrumental ... practical, lead to something whether you enjoy it or not; 1. Fundamental -- because you think it's inherently valuable, whether it leads to something or not.
i. Instrumental reasons usually don't work. Life too complicated and unpredictable.
L2: look up Flow and Mihaly Csikszenthihalyi.
L3: look outward, not inward. About the customer. Here to serve, not self-actualize.
L6: leave their companies, their communities, their families a little better than before.
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