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Ever thought what stops you from landing your dream job? It’s your assumptions – some genuine, some baseless.
There is interesting thing going on here. We often do not consciously know what our assumptions are, and worst yet, we often forget that even genuine assumptions have ways to break them so that we can achieve what we always dream about. Continue reading
We see people become successful when they find their passion under fifteen and pursue it rigorously, primarily in fine arts, fashion and sports etc. We try to apply the same principle of adding passion to our professional knowledge work. Continue reading
The idea of adding passion to our work is so sticky that almost everyone would have heard about it at least once in our life. We often hear from experts saying, ‘find your passion and you don’t need to work hard for the rest of your life’. Continue reading
How many times should I accept failure for a particular outcome before I stop trying? Continue reading
We read a lot of self-help content from non-fiction books and various other sources from successful people. We read secrets and tactics that made others successful. But when we try to emulate them, we often fail to realize the same results that others already achieved. Continue reading
Taking decisions about things need energy in our brain, even if it’s for trivial decisions like whether to call someone, when to call etc. Human brain tries to save energy all the time so that it can be well equipped for tougher challenges. So we often suffer lack of motivation to do things in which we do not see immediate value. Continue reading
In most of our waking time, we either try to solve problems or sit, relax and enjoy our lighter moments. Problems can be as simple as trying to make a phone call or as challenging as finding a job that we love. Ever thought, that we can automate part of this problem solving process? Continue reading
For major part of my career, the only way I knew to get a job was to send my resume and wait for reply. At times, I used to slightly modify my resume adding some keywords that were asked in the job description and send across. Continue reading
What separates high performers from the average people, at least externally? We know that high performers have good subject matter expertise, a skill that is learned and earned over time. But there is something else that is visible more often than this – social skills. Irrespective of the level of subject matter expertise, people are considered high performers in social situations if they can demonstrate social skills like confidence, leadership, persuasion, positive optimism and genuine enthusiasm in achieving things. Continue reading
Most of our interactions with the world are self-centered. We tend to apply the same approach, rather unintentionally, in job search as well. When we approach recruiters, we focus on ourselves like – I have great experience, I have an eminent degree, I have coveted certifications, I, I, I…
I call this I2 Syndrome. Continue reading
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