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It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. (Amazon) Just a shortlist of my favourite lessons: Don’t try to look for the next opportunity. The one in hand is your opportunity. No project is too insignificant, too small. No job is beneath you. -Thanks Randy Pausch for that one. It’s wrong to be right. It’s not what you know. It’s who you know. People matter, a lot. It pays not to be a prick! Take sensible risks on the job and the smartest people will love you for it. Don’t give a speech. Put on a show. If you get stuck, draw with a different pen. Do not try to win awards. I forget this one a lot. Present on a Tuesday. Hahaha, this lesson had a cute metaphor. Read it for yourself. This one is a quick read, I started and finished it today mostly on a train ride up and down to the city. ~2 hours total. I really missed physical books. Nothing like how ink and paper smells. Though I try not to snuff my books in public because of the weird looks.

It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. (Amazon)

Just a shortlist of my favourite lessons:

  • Don’t try to look for the next opportunity. The one in hand is your opportunity. No project is too insignificant, too small. No job is beneath you. -Thanks Randy Pausch for that one.
  • It’s wrong to be right.
  • It’s not what you know. It’s who you know. People matter, a lot. It pays not to be a prick! Take sensible risks on the job and the smartest people will love you for it.
  • Don’t give a speech. Put on a show.
  • If you get stuck, draw with a different pen.
  • Do not try to win awards. I forget this one a lot.
  • Present on a Tuesday. Hahaha, this lesson had a cute metaphor. Read it for yourself.

This one is a quick read, I started and finished it today mostly on a train ride up and down to the city. ~2 hours total.

I really missed physical books. Nothing like how ink and paper smells. Though I try not to snuff my books in public because of the weird looks.

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