Tag: jobseeking

Two types

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There are two types of company.

One starts with values and sees revenue as a sort of by-product of carefully applying values in the things they do every day, whether somebody is watching or not.

One starts with revenue and sees values as an ideal that will be possible to transform into action only after reaching a certain level of revenue/success.

There is nothing inherently good or bad in one or the other, but they represent two profoundly different ways of doing things.

As a founder, you need to know what type of company you want to build and what type of people you want to work with.

As a jobseeker, you need to know in which type of company you perform better and you feel better.

Go about it intentionally. There is nothing worst than finding yourself in the wrong group.

No real thing

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For most people, there is no real thing that is going to be better if you are going to work one more day, or check your email on Christmas day, or take a meeting while your family is gathered for dinner.

It’s just your fear of giving away control and of finding out that you are not that important.

Take a break, go on vacation, spend quality time with your family. I promise you, when you will go back, the same problems and challenges will be there waiting for you.

You might just have some more resources to tackle them.

Not the end of the world

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A defeat is not the end of the world.

For sure, it hurts. You’ll have to take time to process it. You will be tempted to give way to regrets, complaints, frustation, fury. And sometimes, you should. You will need to regroup with those who have been close to you all along the way. You will grieve, cry perhaps, feel like everything was pointless. You will analyse, and question, and wonder. You might be doing that for quite some time.

In the end, though, you will accept and go back to your practice. And actually, the fastest you do, the strongest you are.

Because a defeat is not the end of the world.

The same as nothing

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There’s a wealth of opportunities at any given time out there.

And to catch them you need to become very good at saying no. Because too much is essentially the same as nothing.

It starts with knowing what you are here for.

Emphasis on practice

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We are easily impressed by outcomes, while it is the practice we should emphasize.

Outcomes constantly fluctuate between two opposites: success and failure. Outcomes are out of our control, they are dependent on many factors we do not even pretend to understand. Outcomes are in the future.

Practice is progressive growth, unstoppable. Practice is under our control, it is determined by factors (effort, time, attention) which we can allocate and redistribute. Practice is here and now.