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6 rules to a successful career

When looking for your next role; Charlie Munger - famed investor - recommends:

  1. Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself.

  2. Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect.

  3. Work with people you enjoy.

HT and quoted from “A Learning A Day”

But once you find that job, Lenny Pickett, Saturday Night Live saxophonist, recommends:

  1. Say “yes” when people ask you to do something;

  2. Show up on time.

  3. Don’t complain.

HT and quoted from NYU Steinhardt Jazz Studies YouTube.

Why are the simple lessons so hard to apply?