Simon Sinek

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I think I've asked you this in every conversation we've had, and the answers evolved conversation to conversation.

I think I've asked you this in every conversation we've had, and the answers evolved conversation to conversation.

We'll both go.

We'll both go.

Isn't that just relationship advice as well, though?

Isn't that just relationship advice as well, though?

In my book that I wrote, the first chapter in it talks about this idea of these five buckets. And I'm trying to give young kids advice on how to prioritize their career. And it sounds somewhat similar to you. So I'm going to throw this concept at you and see how it lands with you. So the idea was that we all have these five buckets when we're starting our career.

In my book that I wrote, the first chapter in it talks about this idea of these five buckets. And I'm trying to give young kids advice on how to prioritize their career. And it sounds somewhat similar to you. So I'm going to throw this concept at you and see how it lands with you. So the idea was that we all have these five buckets when we're starting our career.

And the first bucket is your knowledge. The second bucket is your skills. Now, these are the only buckets that... No professional earthquake in your career can unfill. You can be fired. You can be canceled, whatever. You still have your knowledge and skills. But the other three buckets I'm about to name, they can fluctuate. Bucket number three is your network. Can fluctuate.

And the first bucket is your knowledge. The second bucket is your skills. Now, these are the only buckets that... No professional earthquake in your career can unfill. You can be fired. You can be canceled, whatever. You still have your knowledge and skills. But the other three buckets I'm about to name, they can fluctuate. Bucket number three is your network. Can fluctuate.

Bucket number four is your resources. Can fluctuate. And bucket number five is your reputation. Can fluctuate. And the idea is that focusing on those first two buckets when you're young, choosing jobs based on how much they're going to fill those two buckets and also what they're going to fill them with and how relevant that information is. And when knowledge is applied, it becomes a skill.

Bucket number four is your resources. Can fluctuate. And bucket number five is your reputation. Can fluctuate. And the idea is that focusing on those first two buckets when you're young, choosing jobs based on how much they're going to fill those two buckets and also what they're going to fill them with and how relevant that information is. And when knowledge is applied, it becomes a skill.

So you focus on filling your knowledge, you apply that knowledge into skills. And that really is the essence of career longevity. And as I noticed over time with people that I hired and then watched them throughout their careers and what they did, It seems to me that life over the long term typically brings you back down or up to the level of your knowledge and skills.

So you focus on filling your knowledge, you apply that knowledge into skills. And that really is the essence of career longevity. And as I noticed over time with people that I hired and then watched them throughout their careers and what they did, It seems to me that life over the long term typically brings you back down or up to the level of your knowledge and skills.

I.e., I had this one kid step down from my company because he got a job offer at 21 to go be a CEO in America. And as he departs, I'm thinking he has not got the knowledge and skills to be a CEO. Within 24 months, the company had gone bust. He was back down to doing the same job he did for me. And I thought life just like resets you to the level of your knowledge and skills over time. Mm-hmm.

I.e., I had this one kid step down from my company because he got a job offer at 21 to go be a CEO in America. And as he departs, I'm thinking he has not got the knowledge and skills to be a CEO. Within 24 months, the company had gone bust. He was back down to doing the same job he did for me. And I thought life just like resets you to the level of your knowledge and skills over time. Mm-hmm.

So what do you think of this?

So what do you think of this?

You're writing a book about friendship that we're all waiting for.