Over the past 20 years, I have honed 5 compounding habits to craft the perfect career (for me).

What makes them special?

They're simple, repeatable, and you can do them in the FLOW of your work.

And you can do most of this work in less than 15min/day.

🧵👇 #Ship30for30 1) Reflect

What’s the fastest way to find the gap between where you are and where you want to be?

Slow down and think.

Success here 100% comes down to this:

• Recognize it's important
• Make it a daily habit
• Book sacred time in your calendar
• Don't overthink it

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Over the past 10 years, to advance my career, become a better problem solver and find more meaning at work, I have consumed TONNES of materials on Design Thinking.

If you're getting started, save yourself the time and just read/listen/follow these 🧵👇 #Ship30for30 Book #1: Change By Design

Most people think design is for artists.

This book teaches you how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business.

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The better your notes, the easier it is to manage your boss. Seriously.

Managing up takes planning, communication, relationship building & integrity.

Here are 3 ways to unlock that superpower by simply building a repository of tagged daily notes: 🧵👇🏻 #Ship30for30

1/10 1️⃣ Use Daily Pages to Plan Your Day, Week, Month, Quarter, and Year

Daily Pages ground your thinking to time-based buckets (rather than just project folders).

Reflect on yesterday and plan for today and tomorrow.

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This great thread by @dickiebush got me thinking hard.

https://twitter.com/dickiebush/status/1384160201457037314

Layering career development on top of this framework has real potential: I mean, having a startup mindset is WAY more interesting than doing a career development plan, amirite?

🧵👇 #ship30for30

In my 40s, I started taking control of my career by being more intentional about my work, decisions and attention.

What's the one thing I do that makes this possible?

I use a simple career audit and tracking template that you can steal today.

🧵👇 – 3️⃣/3️⃣0️⃣ #ship30for30 First, some logistics:

1. Use a trusted note-taking system that you can find things in later. I use @RoamResearch

2. Take quick notes in real-time or you WILL forget:
* in 1 hour you forget 50% of new information
* in 24 hours = 70%
* 1 week = 90%. (Murre & Dros, 2015)

Talking to yourself compounds your career trajectory.

Stay w/ me.

For 3 years, I've obsessively tweaked tools, info & processes. Turns out I was mastering the art of talking to myself & it's working.

Here are 5 tricks you can use to talk yourself into a great career.

🧵👇 Trick #1: Taking notes IS talking to yourself.

When you take notes, you're having conversations with yourself - reflecting, documenting & planning.

The better the notes, the better the conversation. And, like learning how to have good conversations, it's a muscle to develop.