“There is nothing worse than doing the wrong thing well”
As a relentless self optimizer I wholeheartedly recommend Peter Drucker’s “Managing Oneself” an article that he wrote for the Harvard Business Review.
What is interesting about it is that it outlines how you should behave in your career and a lot of that is about understanding the self:
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He doesn’t believe in improving your weaknesses, but in magnifying your strengths.
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Are you a reader or a listener? A solo commando or do you work well with others? When you know these you can work more efficiently
– ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด?
Is a more important question than “What do i want?”. Understanding work style, strengths and values can determine this.
I heartily recommend reading this. It doesn’t take very long and gave me some good insights even on the second and third read.
Brendan McNulty 