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13 habits of high performers

  Elon Musk often talks about hiring job candidates for “clear evidence of exceptional ability” But how do you identify exceptional potential employees? 13 non-obvious habits to look for in hiring high performing employees: 1/ People who take notorious notes Notes notes. Even your notes should have notes Notes are the closest thing that humans have to time travel You'll miss a finite detail and the notes will help you remember instantly If you want to be more focused, focus on note taking 2/ People with a strong self awareness to accept and manage feedback proactively Low performers: Can’t take feedback Average performers: Take feedback and attempt to integrate it High performers: Seek feedback and integrate it as essential to their success 3/ People who write well You can’t make work happen if you can’t write well It doesn’t matter if you’re a designer, engineer or marketer, you’ll always have points to get across Writing well means: 1) Clear thinking 2) Empathy ...

How do you build a thick skin personality?

 ANSWER - 1    Knowing you can collapse dead anytime and nothing actually matters. Realize that whatever someone says won't matter in a few days. Swallow your pride first, because you will take some L’s. Come back stronger and better.  ANSWER - 2 Don't let the opinions of others effect you. People don't hate on others that are stuck in their life. They hate on people which are making progress - due to their own insecurities. Critics are shouting you are in the right path. March on.  ANSWER - 3 Normalize saying what needs to be said, before it’s too late. Otherwise let whoever, think whatever and keep it moving with no later explanation. ANSWER - 4 Understanding that the only thing we have power over is our ourselves. Don’t allow anyone to control the only thing you have control over. Be confident and firm of who you are and what you allow to disturb you . ANSWER - 5 Don’t! Why would you? A thick skin personality shuts you off to all of life - en block! Let you...

How to be Extra Ordinary

  We all look up to people we deem `extraordinary` because they have superhuman skills or genetic material or ability that we could only strive for in our wildest fantasies.   However, they are the 1% who have struck the genetic lottery Or have been surrounded from birth with the resources required to drive themselves to the top level, While the rest of us struggle to achieve even a fraction of their excellence. What separates them are the decisions they made a long time ago and the ones they make on a daily, regular basis. The ordinary person will always complain about the life they have. And the extraordinary person takes responsibility for their position in life and takes action to make their lives better, knowing it is completely up to them. The ordinary person watches TV, stares at their smartphone, drinks, smokes, takes drugs, eats poorly to excess, and wonders why they are depressed and overweight. While the extraordinary person cuts all screens out of their life, or s...

How to give 0 f*cks and be self-sufficient

    ✪ Identify your desires, goals, plans, tasks , After all, if you don't know what you want, others will push their expectations and tell you what and when you should do it. To be self-sufficient, one must follow one's own goals rather than those of others. ✪ The way you allow others to treat you is how they will treat you. The key aspect is "self-esteem," and you must clearly define the boundaries of what others are permitted to do with you. Outside these boundaries, there is nothing to talk about, and there is no need for that. Never do something that destroys your self-esteem. “Self-sufficiency” without “self-respect” does not exist. ✪ The true love of a woman is always based on respect for her beloved man. Even though I usually suggest doing everything possible to maintain a relationship. I'll tell you, bluntly: "if you believe that a lady does not respect you, you must quit this relationship." Self-sufficiency requires a clear and strong stance on...

Jesse Livermore’s Wisdom ON Investment and Stock Market

  1. Never be completely bearish or bullish on the whole market because of one group or a few stocks have reversed its course from the trend. 2. There is only one side of the market and it is not the bull or the bear, but the right side. 3. Don’t trust your own opinion and back your judgment until the action of the market itself confirms your opinion. 4. Markets are Never wrong – opinions often are. 5. The real money made in speculating has been in commitments showing in profit right from the start. 6. As long as a stock is acting right, and the market is right, do not be in a hurry to take profits. 7. One should never permit speculative ventures to run into investments. 8. The money lost by speculation alone is small compared with the sums lost by investors who let their investments ride. 9. Nothing new ever occurs in the business of speculating or investing in securities and commodities. 10. Never sell a stock because it seems high-priced. 11. I become a buyer as soon as a...

Personal Finance Rules

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  Rule of 72 (Double Your Money) Rule of 114 (Triple) Rule of 144 (Quadruple) Rule of 70 (Inflation) 4% Withdrawal Rule 100 - Minus Age Rule 10, 5, 3 Rule 50-30-20 Rule 3X Emergency Rule 40℅ EMI Rule Life Insurance Rule Rule of 72 No. of yrs required to double your money at a given rate, U just divide 72 by interest rate Eg, if U want to know how long it will take to double your money at 8% interest, divide 72 by 8 and get 9 yrs At 6% rate, it will take 12 yrs At 9% rate, it will take 8 yrs Rule of 114 No. of years required to triple your money at a given rate, U just divide 114 by interest rate. For example, if you want to know how long it will take to triple your money at 12% interest, divide 114 by 12 and get 9.5 years At 6% interest rate, it will take 19yrs Rule of 144 No. of years required to, quadruple your money at a given rate, U just divide 144 by interest rate. For eg, if U want to know how long it will take to quadruple your money at 12% interest, divide 144...