Differentiate or Die:
In a world where "a million people can do your job", chart a career path that sets you apart from other professionals. You don't need to be better than all professions. You just need to be better in a local professional niche.
3 pieces(one that does not work without other) that will consolidate your position in the market:
In a world where "a million people can do your job", chart a career path that sets you apart from other professionals. You don't need to be better than all professions. You just need to be better in a local professional niche.
3 pieces(one that does not work without other) that will consolidate your position in the market:
1. Assets: What you have going for you now. Your soft assets (like knowledge, skills, connections) and hard assets(like cash in the bank)
2. Aspirations & Values: Where you might like to go in the future
3. Market Realities: What people will actually pay you for
One way to upgrade your competitive position is by upgrading your assets - i.e, Investing in Yourself.
Plan to Adapt:
Entrepreneurial career planning and adapting is about being flexibly persistent; always ready to adapt, but also persistent in driving towards set goals. You will never have complete certainty at any point of time; Identify areas of incomplete knowledge about yourself or your industry and make plans that will help you fill those gaps.
Entrepreneurial career planning and adapting is about being flexibly persistent; always ready to adapt, but also persistent in driving towards set goals. You will never have complete certainty at any point of time; Identify areas of incomplete knowledge about yourself or your industry and make plans that will help you fill those gaps.
Prioritize learning over profitability, so you should prioritize learning(soft assets) over salary(hard assets) for the majority of your career. Once we follow the path of "Continuous Learning" in the long run, We are likely to lead a more meaningful life as well as make more money in the process.
Craft a experimental Plan A, an alternative Plan B, and an unchanging, certain Plan Z:
Conclusion:
Start tapping into your network. Start investing in skills. Start taking intelligent risks. Start pursuing breakout opportunities. Most of all, start forging your own differentiated career plans.
Craft a experimental Plan A, an alternative Plan B, and an unchanging, certain Plan Z:
- Plan A: What you are doing now. Your current implementation of your competitive advantage.
- Plan B: You pivot to B when your plan is not working or when you discover a better way toward your goal.
- Plan Z: You shift to Z if something goes seriously wrong. It's the lifeboat you can jump in if your plan fails and you need a re-load before getting back in the game.
Conclusion:
Start tapping into your network. Start investing in skills. Start taking intelligent risks. Start pursuing breakout opportunities. Most of all, start forging your own differentiated career plans.
ref:
The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman - https://www.amazon.com/Start-Up-Future-Invest-Yourself-Transform/dp/1847940803
The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman - https://www.amazon.com/Start-Up-Future-Invest-Yourself-Transform/dp/1847940803
