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To my great surprise, young people now somewhat frequently contact me in order to solicit career advice. They are usually in college or highschool, and want to know what the best next steps are for a career in security or software development. This is, honestly, a really complicated question, mostly because I’m usually concerned that the question itself might be the wrong one to be asking.
Liberalisation helped make India the world’s software capital. This is what it looked like to the men who built its most successful company, Infosys.
Pilgrims have long sought in India’s holiest city an antidote to the modern West, but Varanasi is more dream than reality
Every time I’ve done a past-year review (PYR), a pattern emerges: peak positive emotional experiences are correlated to awe at least 70% of the time. For at least the past 3–5 years, this has been so consistent that I often determine what big blocks to schedule in the new year based on potential for awe.
A distanced perspective can help soothe anxiety and fear by allowing us to muster up confidence for the moments that matter. The point is that you’re not permanently tethered to the identity you currently have — you can alter it to get closer to the person you want to become. “Your current behaviors are simply a reflection of your current identity,” James Clear writes. “What you do now is a mirror image of the type of person you believe that you are (either consciously or subconsciously).”
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