In todayâs episode, Iâm reading and riffing on one of my all-time favourite internet articles â The #1 Sign Youâre Winning in Life: No One Understands What the Hell You Do for a Living by Tim Denning. It hit me right between the eyes.
Tim talks about how the most successful people are unexplainable. They donât fit into neat elevator pitches, and thatâs a good thing. I totally relate â half my neighbours (and even a few friends) still donât quite know what I do, and that used to bug me. Now, I see it as a badge of honour.
In this episode, I chat through:
⢠Why being âunexplainableâ is often a sign youâre doing something exceptional
⢠How to reframe variety and ambiguity in your work as irreplaceable value
⢠The fine line between being unexplainable and unreferable
⢠Why jobs that are easy to label might also be the easiest to automate
đŹ Quote of the Day:
âThe exact inability for someone to summarize your job at a glance is a strong sign youâre not doing something routine â youâre doing something exceptional.â â Tim Denning
đ§ Listen if youâve ever thought:
âHow do I explain what I actually do?â or âWhy doesnât anyone get it?â
đ Resources Mentioned:
⢠Tim Denningâs article: The #1 Sign Youâre Winning in Life: No One Understands What the Hell You Do for a Living (find it on /Substack) (https://timdenning.substack.com/p/the-1-sign-youre-winning-in-life)
⢠My Instagram post on being âunexplainable but referableâ
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