0903 Pose director, web developer, reader
No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity.
— Seneca
💭 After some reflection, I decided to spend more time on HTML and CSS instead of reading too many books, and then move on to JavaScript.
🖥️ 09:15 Started learning HTML and CSS Chapter 8
👧 10:00 The model came to our office today for the photoshoot — I totally forgot!
✈️ Directed model poses until 11:10
🖥️ 11:35 Completed Chapter 8
🖥️ 15:50 Completed Chapter 9 and wrote Study Log #7
📖 16:10 Started reading So Good They Can’t Ignore You Chapter 7-11
Notes:
When you are acquiring career capital in a field, you can imagine that you are acquiring this capital in a specific type of career capital market. There are two types of these markets: winner-take-all and auction.
To build a deliberate practice strategy
Step 1: Decide What Capital Market You’re In Step 2: Identify Your Capital Type Step 3: Define “Good” Step 4: Stretch and Destroy Step 5: Be PatientIt helps to think about skill acquisition like a freight train: Getting it started requires a huge application of effort, but changing its track once it’s moving is easy.
If you’re not uncomfortable, then you’re probably stuck at an “acceptable level.”
Pushing past what’s comfortable, however, is only one part of the deliberate-practice story; the other part is embracing honest feedback—even if it destroys what you thought was good.
Rule #3: Turn Down a Promotion (or the importance of control)
You have to get good before you can expect good work.
Giving people more control over what they do and how they do it increases their happiness, engagement, and sense of fulfillment.
The First Control Trap: Control that’s acquired without career capital is not sustainable.
Money is a neutral indicator of value. By aiming to make money, you’re aiming to be valuable — hobbies are clearly exempt from this rule.
📖 17:25 Finished reading Chapter 11
🧠 Spent the rest of the day reading blog posts