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  • Hedgehog Concept provides Direction in Life

    Hedgehog Concept provides Direction in Life

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    What gives you direction in life?
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    Hedgehog Concept provides direction in life by helping you understanding how to channelize your potential in the right direction.

    The Hedgehog Concept mentioned by Jim Collins in Good to Great is as follows:

    Cal Newport has extended this and enlightened us on the concept of Craftsman Mindset as follows:

    Choosing to become a skilled CRAFTSMAN by adopting the CRAFTSMAN MINDSET helps us focus on WHAT we can OFFER to the world.

    This is turns would inspire us to hone the skills we are good at, become RARE and VALUABLE and in turn become so good that others cannot ignore us.

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    Are you lacking DIRECTION in your CAREER?Learn to run your CAREER as a BUSINESS..
  • When NOT to ADOPT a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET?

    When NOT to ADOPT a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET?

    When should we Not Adopt a Craftsman Mindset?

    Inspired from the book So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport, illuminates us on scenarios when it is advisable not to adopt a craftsman mindset.

  • Are you SEARCHING direction in LIFE? Wear the HAT of a CRAFTSMAN..

    Choosing to become a skilled CRAFTSMAN by adopting the CRAFTSMAN MINDSET helps us focus on WHAT we can OFFER to the world.

    This is turns would inspire us to hone the skills we are good at, become RARE and VALUABLE and in turn become so good that others cannot ignore us.

    Cal Newport makes a mention of the same in his best selling book named “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”

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  • How can CRAFTSMAN MINDSET be your KEY to UNLOCK a MEANINGFUL LIFE?

    A CRAFTSMAN MINDSET with FOCUS on DELIBERATE PRACTICE would help acquire CAREER CAPITAL that is not only RARE but VALUABLE as well.

    This needless to say is quintessential for doing GREAT WAY to lead to a MEANINGFUL LIFE.

    Cal Newport illuminates us on the same in his best seller named ‘So Good They Can’t Ignore You”.

  • When can the adoption of CRAFTSMAN MINDSET be detrimental?

    The following 3 scenarios as mentioned by Cal Newport in his book So Good They Can’t Ignore You, may not be the most favorable ones to adopt a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET & can lead to detrimental results.

    1. The job presents few opportunities to distinguish yourself by developing relevant skills that are rare and valuable.
    2. The job focuses on something you think is useless or perhaps even actively bad for the world.
    3. The job forces you to work with people you really dislike.

    Thus being aware of these scenarios can help us avoid pitfalls while trying to force fit a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET.

  • Do you LOVE what you DO? The NEXT logical step..

    The following insight which has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good That they Can’t Ignore You, emphasizes the need of a CRAFTSMAN mindset for building up the necessary CAREER CAPITAL to master rare and invaluable skills.

    “If your goal is to love what you do, you must first build up ‘career capital’ by mastering rare and valuable skills, and then cash in this capital for the traits that define great work.”

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  • The JOURNEY from ADOPTION of CRAFTSMAN MINDSET to SUCCESS..

    Cal Newport in his book, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, talks about adoption of CRAFTSMAN MINDSET and deliberate practice to get out of comfort zone & taste success.

    The following insight from the book summarizes the idea of adoption of CRAFTSMAN MINDSET and its relevance in doing work that we love, as against the more popular PASSION MINDSET.

    “Don’t obsess over discovering your true calling. Instead, master rare and valuable skills. Once you build up the career capital that these skills generate, invest it wisely. Use it to acquire control over what you do and how you do it, and identify and act on a life-changing mission. This philosophy is less sexy than the fantasy of dropping everything to go live among the monks in the mountains, but it’s also a philosophy that has been shown time and again to actually work.”

    Adopted from Cal Newport’s So Good That They Can’t Ignore You

    Thus getting a dream job that suits our passion is more difficult than getting to a job of our choice by adopting a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET

  • Why NOT all SKILLED CRAFTSMEN taste SUCCESS?

    Cal Newport in his best selling book, “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”, enlightens us on the aspects that are needed to complement the CRAFTSMAN MINDSET.

    Along with the CRAFTSMAN MINDSET what are needed is DELIBERATE PRACTICE and PATIENCE. When these two aspects come together with a CRAFTSMAN MINDSET, then only long term success can be achieved.

    The selfhelp, inspirational and motivational thought has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book So Good They Can’t Ignore You.

  • What is special about CRAFTSMAN MINDSET?

    The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Cal Newport’s book Deep Work and throws light on the virtues of adopting a craftsman mindset.

    “If you want to love what you do, abandon the passion mindset (“what can the world offer me?”) and instead adopt the craftsman mindset (“what can I offer the world?”).”

  • Have you ever seen a SKILLED CRAFTSMAN at work?There is a lot to EMULATE in your profession..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Cal Newport

    “Whether you’re a writer, marketer, consultant, or lawyer: Your work is craft, and if you hone your ability and apply it with respect and care, then like the skilled wheelwright you can generate meaning in the daily efforts of your professional life.”