Future-Proof Your Career: 10 quotes that will guarantee your employment - forever

FUTURE-PROOF YOUR CAREER10 Quotes that will guarantee your employment - forever.

1. AIM FOR THE TOP OF YOUR FIELD

If you want an average successful life, it doesn’ttake much planning. Just stay out of trouble, go toschool, and apply for jobs you might like. But ifyou want something extraordinary, you have twopaths:

1. Become the best at one specific thing.

2. Become very good (top 25%) at two or morethings. In either case, commit to being excellent atwhat you do.

SCOTT ADAMS, CREATOR OF DILBERT

My biggest motivation? Just to keepchallenging myself. I see life almost like

one long university education that Inever had – every day I’m learning

something new.

R I C H A R D B R A N S O N

2. Be a lifelong learner

You are the average of the5 people you spend the

most time with.J I M R O H N

3. CULTIVATE A POWERFULNETWORK

4. Develop in-demand skills

Basic economic theory tells us that if you want something that’s bothrare and valuable. You need something rare and valuable to offer inreturn—this is Supply and Demand 101. It follows that if you want agreat job, you need something of great value to offer in return.

Cal Newport

5. BE AN OPTIMISTOPTIMISM IS “AN ESSENTIAL

INGREDIENT OF INNOVATION. HOWELSE CAN THE INDIVIDUAL WELCOMECHANGE OVER SECURITY, ADVENTURE

OVER STAYING IN SAFE PLACES?

ROBERT NOYCE, FOUNDER OF INTEL

Money can be made again,

but a lost reputation is gone

forever.SAM ZEMURRAY, OWNER OF UNITED FRUIT

6. PROTECT YOURREPUTATION

7 . O W N Y O U R C A R E E RT H E B I G G E S T M I S T A K E T H A T Y O U

C A N M A K E I S T O B E L I E V E T H A T Y O UA R E W O R K I N G F O R S O M E B O D Y E L S E .J O B S E C U R I T Y I S G O N E . T H E D R I V I N G

F O R C E O F A C A R E E R M U S T C O M EF R O M T H E I N D I V I D U A L . R E M E M B E R :

J O B S A R E O W N E D B Y T H E C O M P A N Y ,Y O U O W N Y O U R C A R E E R !

E A R L N I G H T I N G A L E

“Every risk is worth taking as longas it’s for a good cause, andcontributes to a good life.”

RICHARD BRANSON

8. BE A RISK TAKER

9. EXPOSE YOURSELF TO RANDOMNESS

I firmly believe that if we keep our mind open andexplore the unknown, good things will (eventually)happen. If I reflect on some of the best things inmy life they are more a result of random events

(which I took advantage of) than a concerted efforttowards any single outcome.

Ben Casnocha, Author of The Startup of You

You are capable of making a difference,of being bold, and of changing more

than you are willing to admit. You arecapable of making art.

10. BE A BUILDER

S E T H G O D I N

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