Now, here are my 4 thoughts on this topic.<\/span><\/p><\/div>4 Random Thoughts From Me:<\/strong><\/h2>\u00a0<\/div>
1- Career conversations can be tough. Some organizations encourage it, but many organizations believe it\u2019s the individual\u2019s responsibility to start it up. If this is not something you\u2019ve done with your leaders, then you should start. If you don\u2019t think your leaders want to have this conversation, then you should start talking to others on the team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>2- Fear stops us. Early on in my career, it stopped me from talking to my manager about my career, stopped me from applying for roles that I may not be fully qualified for. That\u2019s why I said in the first point that you should start talking to your teammates. Hopefully someone senior that you\u2019ve built a relationship with. It\u2019s not to complain about how you\u2019ve not had that discussion with the manager yet but talk to them so they can guide you.<\/span><\/p>3- When was the last time you sat down and thought about what you want? I heard this analogy the other day that most people are sitting in the back of a car while it\u2019s driving itself. We\u2019re letting life happen to us and we\u2019re not intentional about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>4- It\u2019s hard to sit back and think these days. There\u2019s always a source of distraction, usually our phone. So here\u2019s a question I have for you, and I\u2019ve been asking it on the podcast recently:<\/span><\/p>What habit are you working on today to improve in your personal or professional life?<\/span><\/p>Here\u2019s my answer. The habit I am working on is getting to bed early. Doing that seems to set up my next day for the better. The way I\u2019m getting to bed earlier is I have an alarm set on my phone. When it rings, I have to turn off WIFI and data. If I don\u2019t, I go to bed early, watch YouTube for a while, then fall asleep late.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>1 Tool:<\/h2>Here\u2019s an RFA (Request for App)<\/span><\/p>Are you familiar with an app that would turn off WIFI and data at a certain time and won\u2019t let me turn it on? This will help me automate this process.<\/span><\/p>If you know anything, please reply to this email with that app. I use android, but if you share an app specifically for Apple, I will share it in a future email.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\u00a0<\/h2>1 Quote:<\/h2>“The longer you put off the hard conversations, the harder the conversations get\u2026” – Jocko Willink<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\u00a0<\/div>
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