Jose Quitembo

“We usually start our professional life acquiring knowledge (school, university, etc.), and when this knowledge is applied, we call it a skill. When you have knowledge and skills you become professionally valuable to others and your network grows. Consequently, when you have knowledge, skills and a network, your access to resources expands, and once you have knowledge, skills, a valuable network and resources, you will undoubtedly earn a reputation. With these five buckets and their interconnected relationship in mind, it’s clear that an investment in the first bucket (knowledge) is the highest-yielding investment you can make. Because when that knowledge is applied (skill), it inevitably cascades to fill your remaining buckets. If you truly understand this, you’ll understand that a job that pays you slightly more cash (resources), but gives you far less knowledge and fewer skills, is a lower-paying job. The force that clouds our ability to act upon this logic is usually ego. Our ego has an incredible ability to persuade us to skip the first two buckets – convincing us to take a job simply for more money (bucket 4) or a job title, status or reputation (bucket 5), without the knowledge (bucket 1) or skills (bucket 2) to succeed in that role. When we succumb to this temptation, we’re building our career on weak foundations. These short-term decisions – your inability to delay your gratification, be patient and invest in your first two buckets – will ultimately catch up with you.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons or the wind, but you can change yourself.” ~ Jim Rohn”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“A quick reminder, there is nothing easy about success—if you don’t put the work in, you will fail no matter how much knowledge you’ve acquired.”
― Daniel Walter, The Power of Discipline: How to Use Self Control and Mental Toughness to Achieve Your Goals

“two buckets – convincing us to take a job simply for more money (bucket 4) or a job title, status or reputation (bucket 5), without the knowledge (bucket 1) or skills (bucket 2) to succeed in that role. When we succumb to this temptation, we’re building our career on weak foundations. These short-term decisions – your inability to delay your gratification, be patient and invest in your first two buckets – will ultimately catch up with you.”
― Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life