The Sinatra Test, 23 Pieces of Career Advice, & More read and listen on sahilbloom.com read time 4 minutes Here are 5 interesting ideas to spark your curiosity heading into the weekend.
Today at a Glance: - Question: Build recovery into the day.
- Quote: The source of joy.
- Framework: The Sinatra Test.
- Tweet: 23 pieces of career advice.
- Article: Talkers vs. doers.
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Question to challenge your thinking: How can I build my recovery into my days? I was recently asked about what days I take off work and working out during the week. The honest answer: I haven't taken a day completely off in 4 years. Heck, I'm sitting here writing this on a Saturday afternoon at 2:30pm. This isn't a flex on hard work, I'm the furthest thing from a hustle culture guy that you'll find. It's a flex on balance. It's a flex on the fact that I've built my recovery into my days such that I feel recharged every single day. The reason you need a day off is because you think of recovery on a macro, weekly basis. Work and stress like crazy for 5 days in a row, then burn your candle so low that you need to veg out and relax all weekend to catch up. Then do it again... My challenge to all of you: How can you break that cycle? What if you think of recovery on a micro, daily basis? What if you have things that drain your battery, and things that recharge your battery, all built into a single day? Before you say you can't do it, consider the question deeply: Are there ways that you could incorporate 5 minutes of real recovery into every single work day? What about 10-15 minutes? Even that small intervention could start moving you in the right direction toward a more balanced existence, and one where you don't get knocked out of the game by the end of the week. If success in any endeavor is found through consistency, through allowing compounding to work its magic, then staying in the game is the central goal. Build more recovery into your days and you'll always stay in the game. So, how can you build 15 minutes of recovery into your day today?
Quote on the source of true joy: "Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness." - Leo Tolstoy Fulfillment is found through connection to something bigger than the self. Find service, find joy. (Share this on X/Twitter!)
An idea I can't stop thinking about: The Sinatra Test In the best-selling book, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive & Others Die, the authors reference Frank Sinatra's famous song, New York, New York, in formulating an interesting test for establishing durable personal credibility. Specifically, they highlight one particular line from the classic: "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere." The so-called Sinatra Test is based on this line: Something passes the test if a single example of success is sufficient to effectively create a halo of credibility for future endeavors. Making it in New York is really hard, so as Frank Sinatra's lyric concludes, if you can do that really hard thing, it's safe to assume you can do (virtually) anything in that same arena. Applying the principle more broadly beyond show business, proving you can do one really hard thing would mean that your credibility is established such that it will be assumed you can do anything (in that given domain). I love this test, with one personal nuance: Don't worry about establishing credibility externally—focus on establishing credibility internally. You do that by taking on the thing that scares you: - Say yes to that talk on a big stage.
- Set that ambitious fitness goal.
- Get in that cold plunge.
- Create a short timeline to get your business rolling.
Forget what other people think. Do the hard thing, because after doing it, you will know that you can do anything. You will know that if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere.
23 pieces of stellar career advice: Brilliant thread of career advice from one of my favorite writers and thinkers. A few favorites from his list: - When you're lacking motivation, remind yourself: discipline now, freedom later.
- Focus on effort, not outcomes.
- If you can afford to, delegate it. If you can't yet afford to, automate it. Time is the most precious resource.
The entire thing is worth your time!
Article on talkers vs. doers: Do Learn Great, short piece from entrepreneur Jason Fried. Talkers talk, doers do. Beware taking advice from the person who hasn't done the thing you want to do. "To learn business, do business."
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