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> Ten years on, ask yourself, "What value do you bring to the table?" if you don't know, that is a big problem. Is there a reason you shouldn't be asking yours
by jf 15y ago
> Ten years on, ask yourself, "What value do you bring to the table?" if you don't know, that is a big problem.
Is there a reason you shouldn't be asking yourself that after every year you spent at a company?
- ChuckMcM 15y agoOh absolutely but if you've ever gone hiking without a compass you may have experienced the 'many straight segments run you in a circle' kind of effect. Generally for a 'huge' success the first 10 years are just developing potential, there aren't a lot of questions because its 'obvious' where you need to be. But once you get to the top of that mountain, you really need to think long and hard about the next mountain you are going to go for. I've always been a big fan of a 1yr, 3yr, 5yr planning system where every year you think about those three time frames, yet as a core value perspective you need a different scale to think about things. Ten years seems to be a reasonable tech scale.
- leif 15y agoAlso, you can do a lot (relative to where you started) in 1 year or 5 (depending on your market), as compared to where you started. 10 years after you start though, you had better have something globally significant to show for it, or you should be doing something different.