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Don’t criticize competitors
Humility 3.0
Cheat
Outside
David Attenborough’s career wisdom
ON YOUR CAREER
Don’t criticize competitors
We compete for job promotions, company budgets, and clients.
Criticizing our competitors is a bad tactic. Their credibility may fall, but rarely as much as our credibility will fall in the process.
Focus on the value we create. With clients, we can respectfully position the value our product or service offers compared to what our competitors offer. With colleagues, delivering outstanding value is the best way to win promotions.
The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.
COMMUNICATION
Humility 3.0
Competing well is staying humble…
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
Be humble and acknowledge the input of others.
It is important that we learn humility, which says there was someone else before me who paid for me. My responsibility is to prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who is yet to come.
PRODUCTIVITY
Cheat
We should take what we need from AI. It’s an extraordinary resource to elevate our creativity and productivity. It liberates time.
Some people still dismiss using AI as cheating. Then cheat away. Use it to leverage your strengths and multiply effort.
The future of artificial intelligence is not about man versus machine, but rather man with machine. Together, we can achieve unimaginable heights of innovation and progress.
1 MINUTE TO HAPPINESS
Outside
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Being in nature is the ultimate response to digital overload. I never say, “I wish I’d spent more time inside the house this weekend!”
My challenge is to prioritize more time in nature. I was good at doing this. And then I stopped. Outside, in nature, grounds us. It’s not enough to watch nature docos on Netflix.
An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity but great fulfilment.
CAREER WISDOM
David Attenborough
David Attenborough (1926 — ) was born in London and studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University. He joined the BBC in 1952 as a trainee producer. Attenborough revolutionized nature documentaries with productions including Life on Earth and Planet Earth. His storytelling brought the wonders of wildlife to global audiences, blending science with brilliant imagery.
Attenborough also served as Controller of BBC Two and Director of Programmes for BBC Television. His advocacy for environmental conservation has intensified in recent years. Attenborough has been knighted twice for combined services to broadcasting, natural history, and conservation. Some of his career wisdom:
One of the rewards of growing old is that you can truthfully say you lived in the past.
Give and take, that is the essence of what balance is all about.
Find the fun and the joy in what you do.