Starting Around Zero

When we become a master at a skill or a job, we sometimes become unaware of how hard it was to learn and practice well. We forget how terrible we were, how we looked at the techniques and ways of doing things as complex, how everyone was smarter. What's worse, we can't relate to someone who starts to learn our trade. Our use of technical terms and expert skill overwhelms the novice, and we give up teaching them. However, there are some masters who can overcome these dangers of being a master. These master's qualities consist of empathy, humility, and extrospection. Remember, we all start around zero.

Peace And The Mind

Niccolo Machiavelli believed that peace was a period a "Prince" should refine his skills of war. Instead of laying back and enjoying the fruits of labor, the "Prince" must study war and strategy.

When someone wins the lottery, retires, or accepts to settle down after years of travel there is a restlessness that stirs within them. They expect from that point forward everything will be ok, that they will be at peace. Instead boredom ensues. They miss the struggle or fight that made them creative, the work and time they put into making a project, or the thrill of going to new places.

Peace thus dulls the mind. I'm not suggesting one's end game should not be peace. But simply that when peace does come around, keep your mind sharp and prepared, because you never know when war may commence.

Resumes

What if no one had a resume or cover letter? How would the job market operate? No longer could you tell someone what your objectives or skills tasks consist of. Instead you would have to show them what you can do. What a strange world that would be.