Let Me Speak To A Manager

Why You Should Create A "Stop Doing List"


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“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to a hundred other good ideas. You have to pick carefully. I’m as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.” 

~Steve Jobs

 

In this episode:


● The secret to success for Warren Buffett and Ted Williams

● FOMO is killing your career

● Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things

● Finding your one big thing

● How to trade "good" for "better"

● Does this activity still serve me? (the curse of sunk costs)

Plus, 4 questions to ask yourself when you are lost:


1. What am I deeply passionate about?

2. What activities do you feel like you were "made to do?"

3. What makes economic sense?

4. What do you have fun doing?

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Let Me Speak To A ManagerBy Ian Mathews and Frank Cava

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