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TWP 008 - Getting Lucky - The Reason Everyone Succeeds While ‘You’ Don’t
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Getting lucky is something that is in your control. Just have to understand why people get lucky before you do that. In this episode of The Wandering Pro, I cover what is luck in career, how can one game it, the best ways to build a strong foundation in today's ecosystem, and what you need to do starting today.
Hosted by Saqib Tahir
Read companion summary article: https://sknexus.com/twp008/
Further learning and references
https://sknexus.com/switch-to-freelancing-as-a-pakistani/
https://sknexus.com/how-to-improve-your-presence-online/
https://sknexus.com/your-children-have-no-shoes/
https://sknexus.com/why-professionals-fail/
https://sknexus.com/independence-of-luck/
https://sknexus.com/getting-better-at-upwork/
https://sknexus.com/setting-ideals-and-expectations/
Bsides Community: https://bsides.pk/
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Chapters
1. TWP 008 - Getting Lucky - The Reason Everyone Succeeds While ‘You’ Don’t (00:00:00)
2. New structure that might be better for a Career Podcast series (00:00:10)
3. Introduction to what is luck (00:00:59)
4. Comparison mentality of the people (00:03:07)
5. How you should measure success in career and life (00:04:07)
6. Stop glorifying end results, learn to see the journey behind it (00:05:01)
7. The things in your control related to luck (00:06:18)
8. Luck is all about being available (00:07:20)
9. What is user generated luck? (UGL....lol) (00:08:18)
10. Execution on improving your luck (00:08:58)
11. Step 1: Having online presence and a website (00:09:39)
12. Reason for having a website - control (00:10:14)
13. Structure of a basic website you should aim for (00:11:25)
14. Why testimonials are important and how you should get some (00:13:48)
15. Don't make getting in touch impossible (00:15:08)
16. Having a website is all about persistence (00:16:43)
17. Why projects are important (00:17:52)
18. Have the right mindset for having your own website (00:18:23)
19. Best practices for making a website (00:18:58)
20. Building a portfolio, why is it harder for some than others (00:20:20)
21. What is a case study and how you can adopt it (00:21:39)
22. Example: Bug Bounty Case Study (00:22:32)
23. Blogging might be the most important thing you do in your career (00:23:49)
24. How to start writing a blog - works for everyone (00:25:11)
25. This should be the motive of writing a blog (00:26:02)
26. If 'this' then 'that' - how one improves their output (00:27:12)
27. Best practices for portfolio building (00:28:01)
28. Networking is the business referral equivalent for your career (00:30:00)
29. Understand the difference between networking and spam promoting yourself (00:30:40)
30. Networking approach 1: LinkedIn - the right way (00:31:11)
31. Networking approach 2: Engaging in communities (00:33:01)
32. Best practices for networking (00:34:45)
33. It's all about persistence at the end of the day (00:36:20)
34. Question for you (00:37:13)
35. In the car segment: Getting affirmation for the content I create (00:39:02)
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