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Unfortunately, for far too many, focused learning ends at college graduation. Thereafter they focus on hard assets instead of soft assets. about 23 hours ago via Buffer
The success of all professionals depends on employers and clients and partners choosing to buy your time. 8:00 AM May 16th via Buffer
Building a competitive advantage involves triangulating assets, aspirations and market realities at every career juncture. 8:00 AM May 15th via Buffer
Don’t write out an elaborate plan B - things will change too much after the ink dries. 8:00 AM May 14th via Buffer
A good plan A minimizes the cost of failure. Don’t bet the farm. Iterate bit by bit, learn experience by experience. 8:00 AM May 12th via Buffer
Your network intelligence matters because people offer personalized, contextualized advice. They can tailor their advice to your needs. 8:00 AM May 11th via Buffer
“The best way to ensure that lucky things happen is to make sure a lot of things happen.” - Bo Peabody 8:00 AM May 9th via Buffer
By introducing regular volatility into your career, you make surprise survivable. You learn to “absorb shocks gracefully.” 8:00 AM May 8th via Buffer
The one disposition and mind-set that must be “on” like electricity to power all opportunity-seeking behaviors: curiosity. 8:00 AM May 7th via Buffer
Your networks is a great filter of information from other sources. They can tell you which books to read, which people to trust. 8:00 AM May 6th via Buffer
Plan B is what you pivot to when you need to change either your goal or the route for getting there. 8:00 AM May 5th via Buffer
It’s unwise, no matter your stage of life, to try to pinpoint a single dream around which your existence revolves. 8:00 AM May 4th via Buffer
@alteriego Thanks! Have you checked out our LinkedIn Group? linkedin.com/groups/StartUp… 10:10 AM May 3rd via web in reply to alteriego
To chart a course that differentiates you, first you must complete the sentence “A company hires me over other professionals because...” 8:00 AM May 2nd via Buffer
Entrepreneurs are dreamers, but good entrepreneurs are also firmly grounded in what’s available and possible right now. 8:00 AM May 1st via Buffer
creativepharma finishing up the book @StartUpofYou, really enjoyed Ch5 , nice refresher of entrepreneurial genius of Ben Franklin, JP Morgan, Paul Harris.. 11:18 PM Apr 29th via web Retweeted by StartUpofYou
Start with a trial period. Keep your day job. ABZ planning embraces recoverable failure so long as it generates real lessons. 8:00 AM Apr 30th via Buffer
Plan A is what you’re doing right now, your current implementation of your competitive advantage. Within plan A you iterate regularly. 8:00 AM Apr 29th via Buffer
A career move that makes you feel in over your head stretches you in new dimensions and usually contains more upside. 8:00 AM Apr 28th via Buffer
The transaction costs of engaging your network are so low that it makes sense to pull intelligence for big challenges and day-to-day issues. 8:00 AM Apr 27th via Buffer

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