9 pieces of career

wisdom everyone
deserves to know:

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Build a personal board of
directors

You don’t need a degree from a big

school to have a powerful network
Find 3-5 mentors to meet 1x/quarter
Use them for big picture strategy
Pay them back thoughtfully, not $$.

Your northstar?

Make them feel like they are helping a

younger version of themselves.

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Become a Linchpin

Indispensable people have massive

career leverage
Sign up for solving big problems
Live by ‘permissionless work’
Solve. Don’t complain.

The best resource for this?

Book by Cal Newport :



So Good, They Can’t Ignore You

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Mini-MBAs

Business acumen = credibility

Credibility = $$
Study marketing, sales and strategy.
Take Seth Godin’s altMBA course
Rotate across business functions.

Become a business athlete.

Run fast.

Get strong.

Handle anything comes your way.

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Overinvest in soft skills

Hard skills get you the job.

Soft skills get you promoted.

How:

Read, Thinking Fast and Slow

Study negotiation
Take a course on behavioral
psychology.

If I could go back in time and give

myself one piece of advice...

This is it.

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Pitch yourself into a
promotion

‘Closed mouths don’t get fed’.

If you want it, ask for it.

Keep a jar of awesome (Tim Ferriss)
Make your ambitions clear
Develop a plan w/ boss.

You’re way more ready for a promotion

than you think.

Set the goal. Build the plan.

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Develop your bench
strength

Strong talent = strong leaders.

Don’t be the boss afraid of putting

themself out of a job.

That’s YOUR JOB

Hire people smarter than you
Delegate effectively
Mentor emerging talent.

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Control your narrative

People fill in gaps with assumptions.

This isn’t good for you:

Own your story

Get ahead of the grapevine

Set the record straight tactfully.

Talking about yourself isn’t a bad thing.

Do it with humility, and never lie.

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Systemize your goals

Discipline defeats distraction

Use OKRs or BHAG framework
Make goal tasks non-negotiable.
Write a letter to your future self
about dream life.

You can get anything you want in your

career.

You just need to know what you want.

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Build your tribe

Align yourself with people you want to

see win.

And people that want you to win

Surround yourself with champions
Give more than you take
Be a person of your word.

"Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a

tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call
it, whoever you are, you need one."

Jane Howard
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