Tag: jobseeking

Not a zero-sum game

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Is there not enough greatness in the world that we need to waste time establishing who is the greatest?

Is there not enough talent in one field that we need to waste time establishing who is the most talented?

Is there not enough skilfulness in the team that we need to waste time establishing who is the best?

Pointless discussions lead to meagre results.

And in the meantime, the world goes on thanks to those who understand that greatness, talent, and skilfulness are work and commitment at scale, not a zero-sum game.

It’s us

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We want a job to seek stability, and then we want to leave that job to seek freedom.

We pursue relationships to seek companionships, and then we want to leave those relationships behind because we feel like we lost ourselves.

We follow a passion to seek fulfilment, and then we want to abandon that passion to catch up with all the achievements we had stopped pursuing.

It’s not them. It’s not the job, the relationships, the passion.

It’s us.

Start again

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Habits are broken all the time, and when that happens, you need to allow yourself to go back a few steps.

Progress is very rarely linear, and thinking that it is, might actually keep us from starting again a healthy habit we have just failed at for a while.

If you were used to run 10km a week and you have not done that for a month, would it make it easier to start again with 2km this week?

If you are used to meditate for 20 minutes a day and you have not done that for a month, would it make it easier to start again with 5 minutes today?

If you are used to write 10,000 words a week and you have not done that for a month, would it make it easier to start again with 5,000 this week?

We are not machines and we need to be able to cut ourselves some slack once in a while.

What is wrong?

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How many of the things we call our flaws, of the traits we don’t like about us, of the behaviors we want to hide, are such because we are in the wrong situation?

Are we really afraid of speaking in front of an audience, or is it because we have always spoken in front of the wrong audience?

Should we call ourselves temperamental, or is it because nobody has ever took a minute to explain what was happening?

Do we really reject close relationships, or is it because the people we have been close to have hurt us deeply?

Are you wrong, or is the situation wrong?

Should you change yourself, or should you change the people you are with, the things you are doing, the place you call home?

Always work on yourself.

And figuring out what is wrong is part of the process.