Just came across this snippet from Tim Ferris about realizing your superpowers early in your career. I hope more of us help each other at work get there.

What movie quote, song lyric, or TV show moment unexpectedly became your professional mantra? Maybe Ron Swanson's "Never half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing" guides your project management. Or perhaps SpongeBob's enthusiasm inspires your customer service. How has this quirky inspiration influenced your work life?

We evolved to live in small tribes and now live outside of our natural habitat, in an advanced civilization. One effect of this mismatch is that there are a bunch of things that feel dangerous to us that aren't actually dangerous, leading us to be way too risk averse. Like: - Asking someone out on a date - Trying something new even though you'll suck at it at first - Quitting your job to start a company or try a career in the arts - Putting your real voice out there on controversial topics For primates living in a small tribe, rejection, embarrassment, failure, and criticism posed actual material dangers. These things are not dangerous today, but our software hasn't been updated. So we miss out on living our best life, hiding in the 1-4 zone of the danger scale. In a world of overly risk averse people, the epiphany that the 4-7 zone is actually a safe place to play is a superpower.

I’ll go first, getting that old PSP, the one which had WiFi in built. Or maybe PlayStation 2 which was like 5k-6k back then. Now, I could get a PS5 or buy games to play on my PC, but the feeling is lost. Just like my childhood. I guess I lived a part of my childhood today. Went on a walk and had a Cornetto IceCream, which back then I didn’t have the money for and had to buy an Orange/Cola IceCream. Then, I walked around my society. Saw a few kids playing football and instantly teleported back to when I was a kid. Now that child is gone and the dream has too. But still, it feels good remembering that 5 year old me would be proud of adult me, and that’s what truly matters. 🥰

I have recently stepped out of the intern/fresher phase of my career and often give advice to friends, only because my career is moving at a much faster pace than my peers. I chalk it down to soft skills. Post any queries / doubts / questions, I'll answer them. (There are no dumb questions, but I may respond with dumb answers😊)

Professional career related advice

I'm in that "Imposter Syndrome" phase right now, need some motivation. Please tell me what new you are learning or building, anything personal/professional/time-pass.