Asking for criticism
Book regular time with your manager and ask what you should be doing better
A standing conversation where you go looking for the negative half of the feedback. What would you like to see more of from me. How can I improve. The audience is people early in a career who assume they should arrive with the answers, and who read a critique as a verdict rather than information. Asking is the habit, because most managers will not volunteer it unprompted.
People on record
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Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Simon SinekRecommends
Author · Start with WHY
Advice he gives to people early in a career who are thinking of quitting. Sit down with your boss regularly. Go looking for the negative feedback as well as the good. Negative feedback is how we learn, he says, and going in acting like you already have every answer can tell a boss you are not willing to learn.
Source: CNBC Make It: How to avoid the biggest career mistake young people make
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Daily reading
A fixed daily reading block, usually books rather than feeds
On record from 25 of 62 tracked people: 23 do it, 2 recommend it - HabitFREE, no cost
Early rising
A fixed, early wake time, often before anyone else is awake
On record from 11 of 62 tracked people: 10 do it, 1 has discussed it - HabitFREE, no cost
Daily writing
Write something every day, published or not
On record from 10 of 62 tracked people: 8 do it, 2 recommend it - HabitFREE, no cost
Phone-free first hour
No email, news or social media until you have done something of your own
On record from 6 of 62 tracked people: 4 do it, 2 recommend it - HabitFREE, no cost
Margin notes
Writing in the margins while reading, especially where you disagree with the author
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it, 1 recommends it - HabitFREE, no cost
Thinking retreats
Blocks of time cleared of the schedule to sit with one hard problem
On record from 4 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it, 1 has discussed it
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