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What Does Success Look Like for You? 3 minutes read.
"I think it's useful to think about criteria for success—what criteria in a given career path define success, and do those criteria match up with what you personally care about?" -- Jacob O'Bryant's post made me think about what I see as success in my professional career. I don't have a clear answer just yet. Do you have a good answer? It may be worth talking with your teammates to see how others think about their careers and motivation.
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Your Output Depends on Your Input 4 minutes read.
Changing our inputs has a dramatic influence on our output. It's true for what we eat or what we read (aka "Information Diet"): "I know for a fact I could not do what I do if I was not zealous in managing high-quality inputs into my mind every day of my life. That’s why I spend maybe two hours a day writing. I’m a writer. I spend two hours a day writing, but I spend three to four hours a day reading and two to three hours a day listening to music. People think that that’s creating a problem in my schedule, but in fact, I say, "No, no, this is the reason why I’m able to do this. Because I have constant good-quality input." That is the only reason why I can maintain the output."
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Advice to a New Speaker 4 minutes read.
"I am assuming you are happy with the content. I’m more interested in the structure and the arc. What do you want someone to do differently as a result of coming to your talk? Presenting is about changing people; giving them a new tool or perspective, or information they didn’t have before. So what is The Thing? Make sure you are crystal clear about your message, and the content will follow." Dan North is spot on. Build everything around the key insight you want people to take home.
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