Book Name: Limitless: The Power of Unlocking Your True Potential
Author: Radhika Gupta
Limitless: The power of Unlocking your True Potential is unusual, is a story of an intelligent and ambitious woman who had to deal with challenging the norm and setting up a successful business. In the book, the author touches her journey from an undergraduate student at UPenn, to establishing her own asset management company and then acquisition.
Key takeaways
from the book – Limitless:
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At some point, each of us will face rejection
of some kind. When ambition is involved,
rejection is almost inevitable. Rejection hurts: it is humiliating. When it is
continuous, it crushes the self-esteem and throws into a vicious cycle of
self-doubt When we face rejection of any kind, ask self how much the
incident – which feels like the end of the world here and now – will matter in
five years. If you think about it, not that much. Zoom out. What feels like a
big blot today will be a small dot tomorrow.
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Handling failure is an important lesson to
master, because even the hard work variable only goes so far.
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While there is nothing wrong with having an
option A, it is important to remember that in life we always have option Bs and
they aren’t usually compromises.
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Touch criticism from the right people is a
friend request we should not ignore. Touch feedback is not necessarily a
sign that we are incompetent or disliked; it is often a statement that
indicates we have a long way to go and that some people are ready to invest
their time to help us get there.
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Careers are a combination of choices and
chances.
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Do not feel pressured to find the right
opportunity take the opportunities you have and make them right ones for you. No
matter how big a brand you work for, how glamorous your industry or how big
your corner office, risk always exists
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When we look at successful professionals we
admire, we often forget that they are also a result of smart risk-taking.
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A meaningful journey will put you through meaningful
difficulties.
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Traditional hierarchy is obsolete, all of us
are simply playing out our roles, and we will bring something unique to our
jobs
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Change is a reality and moving forward is a
necessity. At times, changes are the result of conscious actions on our part,
and at time it is force on us by altered life situation and the passage of
time.
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A guaranteed way to fail is to focus on the
problems in your current environment and compare them to the positives of the
past.
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Adaptability starts by owning your new
surroundings and doing so with a generous dose of optimism and humility
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Honesty is the easiest way to mend tricky
relationships, not just with bosses, but also with colleagues and peers.
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Dialogue is the best path to both understanding
and mending relationships, without dialogue, misgivings fester.
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When the ego is out of the equation, you will
express yourself more openly and fearlessly.
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Asking touch questions, especially publicly,
builds a safer and more open workplace and countering someone’s point of view
leads to productive arguments, which only help the organization.
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Standing for something different is a good way
to stand out.
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Education is the best investment you will make
in the first 20 years of your life; a meaningful set of relationship is the
best investment you will make in the next 20.
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Don’t wait a network to come by; build a
network among the people around you. Remember, you never know where life takes
anyone.
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Effective networking reminds me of dividends.
If you invest in relationships silently and consistently, without expecting
great returns, you never know when it will bring a special dividend your way.
