The following is notes and tips I've applied recently in my successful job search. Mindset via Podcast In 2013 I was lacking in a social life and had trouble adapting to a new country and new dynamic as a father. I simply went onto iTunes top ten podcast and stumbled upon the School of Greatness by Lewis Howes and The One You Feed. These two podcast substituted for my lack of community, and provided refined mindset and positivity to keep a sustainable attitude. If you are the average of your 5 closest friends, you can also mold your mindset to be the average of the 5 podcast you listened to. The people in my group may repeat themselves and keep it cheery, but who wants a Chicken Little. Trust me I’ve worked with a Chicken Little, once that’s shit is airborn it changes direction and comes your way, and that’s an itch you don’t want to scratch. Standout 2.0 I picked this up at Dubai airport on a lark, and this book had a great impact on my growth. There was a colleagu...
I read the book by Paul Tough a couple years back during my summer holiday. Sidenote, the reason to develop a good reading habit, is so it doesn’t serve as a distraction during a holiday when you should be unplugging. I will post about this separately, but my holiday to Kuala Lumpur where I unplugged and didn’t read, transcendental, I conjured up 10 amazing ideas and came back a better person, living in the moment. So, Paul tough quickly summarizes the subtext, Curiosity (ask questions), Grit (preserver/master)and Character (know yourself). What I love about this book is as its titles How Children Succeed, you forget the applications in our own adult lives.
As Jim Kwik says, Asking questions is the key to advancement. Tim Ferriss mentions the key to success is having difficult conversations. Curiosity is asking questions. Curiosity is the number 1 thing that Gates and Buffett have in common. I would also highlight Tim Ferriss has an uber-successful podcast, not because he is a Dr. Phil or Oprah, but because he applied meta-learning (the art of learning how to learn) to the art of asking questions. His first podcast was a bottle of wine and a best friend. But, the reason the episode with Jamie Foxx was number one and downloaded 3 million times, wasn't just because cause its Jamie Foxx, but the way Ferriss asked questions, left clues, opened doors, and listened it opened up an amazing dialogue from Jamie. If you want context, listen to the Jamie Foxx interview Tim Ferriss…same two people, but just a different standard. Here is a another posts about Celebrity interviews.
So, Grit is now mainstream thanks to Angela Duckworth, Freakonomics and a buzzword in education. But I also view Grit as believeing in a goal, cause or dream and seeing it through. Not only is it secret to attainging your goal, but Grit is the plateau in the road to mastery. I practice French everyday. I’m not brilliant at French, but one day the plateau will start to change shape, I will pass through that wall and achieve a mastery of French Ive never experienced before. Character, I always liked the cheesy poster, they type of person you are when no one is looking. MAN, that is the same person you might try to escape. Jim Kwik mentioned that half the battle in life is knowing who you are. The other half…being who you are. This is why I found character trait test valuable. It allows me to recognize I’m different, be myself, express myself in my unique way and take solace that its natural.
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