Doctor Watson, author of double helix and winner of the Nobel prize, has come out with a new book entitled "Avoid (other) Boring People". I particularly enjoy his a clinical writing style. For each chapter he starts with "Manners from (insert stage of his life)" and closes with 5 to 8 key learnings.
Peter Drucker, the late famous management guru, frequently emphasize the usefulness of the self-reflective approach utilized by Watson. The study of past performance at attaining goals Drucker argues, is the most effective and arguably only method of assessing what you're good at.
Below are my 5 key learnings from the past 2 years in life and business.
1. Dancing is critical to happiness - You don't like dancing? Comon! I know your true feelings. As Prof. Moroson, hallowed Russian Literature professor at Northwestern, said while sharing life lessons with students during my Last Lectures series, "don't forget to play".
2. Depth = learning - Getting into a subject, synthesizing it, reiterating, reiterating, reiterating, showing your thoughts to experts, getting back at it, refining it are so critical and the roots of intellectual joy. (I've refined this post 6 times now)
3. Attitude can make or break you - A thirst for life actually changes what exists not solely what you see.
4. We all excel in certain areas and not others - For me: my key strengths are people, marketing intuition, and delivery when times are tight. My opportunity for growth is structured planning/thinking.
5. Offbeat is more fun than onbeat - (Even when creating new words!)
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