Celebrating The 100th Weekly Edition - Part V
Edition #104
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This is the fifth and final part of the series celebrating the 100th Weekly Edition of The ContraMind Code Newsletter.
Here, we share yet another curated selection, celebrating the 100th edition, as it is an excellent time to pause and look back at all the thoughts and ideas we have accumulated over the last 100 weeks.
It can act as a great foundation to help you pick some of them and apply them in many things you may have wanted to do or start or continue to build your path towards excellence.
Let’s begin a dialogue on ideas learnt - Start contributing your ideas and thoughts here.
The ideas section here encourages the start of a conversation amongst us, and the aim here is to attempt to make this a collective community learning platform by learning from each other’s experiences. So, go ahead and share your ideas, experiences and thoughts. Don’t hesitate to ask questions and seek answers for them.
“Early in your career, salary is one of the least important factors you should consider. In fact, I’ll go one step further to say the worst thing you can do early in your career is take a job that pays 50% more but where you will learn 80% less.” - Romeen Sheth(Edition #083)
“My identity isn’t a single thing rather, it’s a spectrum of many different things from father to husband, to mentor, to music lover to writer, etc., etc—being an employee is one of many of these. Not one of these single things defines me, but their aggregate does.” - David Armano (Edition #084)
“We wanted the kind of partners we get as equity also reflected the seriousness with which we’re building the business.” - M N Srinivasu (Edition #084)
“I would have been fired a hundred times at a company run by MBAs,” - Amar Bose, Founder of Bose Corporation (Edition #085)
“The next time you really want constructive feedback, consider paying people or offering them a gift.” - Amantha Imber (Edition #086)
“If you are optimising towards your total compensation at all times, the best thing you can probably do is keep changing jobs” - James Stanier(Edition #89)
“Learning is not memorising information. Learning is changing your behaviour” - Charlie Munger(Edition #095)
“The reason why I wouldn't do it—and it goes back to why it's so hard—is building a company and building Nvidia turned out to have been a million times harder than I expected it to be than any of us expected it to be.” - Huang( Founder of Nvidia) (Edition #097)
“Learn to maintain your objectivity, especially when it’s hardest.” - Charlie Munger (Edition #098)
"AI has a huge potential in solving the 'thought-to-execution delay'," - Manas Bhatia- Indian Designer (Edition #099)
Unambigutate your business speak. People don’t understand or even relate honestly to the jargons you use. (Edition #083)
You will learn better and faster by asking the right questions rather than just having a degree and not asking the right questions.(Edition #084)
A formal degree gives you a license to get recruited, but only the curious grow.(Edition #085)
‘Insatiable Curiosity’ is vital to excellence.(Edition #085)
Purpose and mission transcend money. (Edition #085)
India’s work productivity is the lowest in the world. There is a need to change that.(Edition #090)
An individual’s health is embedded in their network.(Edition #091)
Nothing compounds like knowledge, not even money. When knowledge compounds, money can compound faster.(Edition #095)
Bring in the right balance of introspection and extrospection to accomplish your plans.(Edition #098)
When you listen to the life experiences of others, it acts as a window to your growth(Edition #099)
It is pretty scary that you do many things every day, and you don’t question them deep enough in your mind - if you are convinced about doing them, fully committed to them, and even really enjoy them. (Edition #083)
Your educational pedigree and past success often build an ‘I know it’ mindset. This stops you from being curious and humble. (Edition #084)
Often, when you hear the success stories of great people, you never hear what it took for them to get where they are today and become successful.(Edition #085)
People rarely refer back to the notes. (Edition #086)
Reading keeps improving your brain’s neuroplasticity. Therefore, develop the habit of reading every day. (Edition #087)
Often, we are deeply constrained to understand our potential as our mind acts as the first bottleneck. (Edition #88)
Mediocrity is contagious, and developing an immunity against it is vital.(Edition #091)
Start to closely assess if your skills are increasingly getting commoditised and if people with lower skills can do the same job with higher efficiency.(Edition #092)
Be curious about the changes happening in the environment around you, and then think about connecting the unconnected.(Edition #093)
Relationships can’t be measured by SLAs(Service Level Agreements)!(Edition#096)
“A formal degree gives you a license to get recruited, but only the curious grow.” - Share, comment, or start a conversation here if you have thoughts on what you think of this idea and are there any practices or methods on how do be more observant, curious and developing a curiosity mindset. (Edition #084)
“Best-of-the-best entrepreneurs are risk reducers and not risk takers” - Share, comment, or start a conversation here if you have thoughts on what you think of this idea and how you have seen some best entrepreneurs follow this principle. (Edition #085)
“Practice Solitude and unplug from the world around you.” - Share, comment, or start a conversation here if you have thoughts on what you think of this idea and any ideas of what you have seen of how people unplug and silence their minds. What are the benefits you have seen that accrue to them. (Edition #089)
“AI is journaling on steroids. It is transforming journaling by being your coach and therapist.” Share, comment, or start a conversation here if you have thoughts on what you think of this idea and share with our community if you or anyone who you know have used AI as a journaling tool. (Edition #090)
“Decoding culture codes help you recode relationships and influence the outcomes you want.” Share, comment, or start a conversation here if you have thoughts on what you think of this idea and share with our community on some techniques and methods you have read or used to decode culture. (Edition #094)