A Personal History of the Career Moat
My obsession with building career moats stems from my family's experience with the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Some reflections on job security, then and now.
My obsession with building career moats stems from my family's experience with the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Some reflections on job security, then and now.
Understanding the underlying business models that underpin your industry often leads to better career moves. Here's what this looks like in practice.
Piers Steel's Procrastination Equation is a reasonably effective method of tackling procrastination. Here are some challenges I discovered when putting it to practice.
Neil Irwin's 2019 book How to Win is a tactical book on career planning in a the face of macro-economic change.
April Dunford's book on product positioning is awesome, and has some overlap with those of us who are interested in positioning an individual career.
Peak is a 2016 book from K. Anders Ericsson, the leading authority on deliberate practice. It covers 30 years of research into the field, but ultimately fails as a practical guide to putting it to practice.
Ken Kocienda's book is about how Apple builds software in the time of Steve Jobs. Highly recommended, especially if you're a software engineer.
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From Gary Klein's book The Power of Intuition comes a useful overview of dealing with uncertainty.
Notes on augmenting ‘Get Things Done’ time management with a three-tiered model of personal review.
A summary of everything a practitioner needs to know about memory retention when learning, in the pursuit of building career moats.