Notes on Creativity, Career, Art, Productivity and Books
A CoS role is like playing an infinite game — where the purpose goes beyond winning, to continue the play, and derive the benefits of learning, exposure, and intellectual capital in the process.
Digital minimalism has many benefits such as having fewer distractions, less tracking, and focused engagement with only quality tools. Bringing in a degree of intentionality into our daily experiences will reduce the cognitive load caused by the clutter and notifications.
A CoS must build productive (long-term) relationships with the important people in the Executive’s network who all contribute to the success of the Executive.
You are a sum of all experiences and conversations you have had in your life — with people and with yourself.
‘The Ride of a Lifetime’ is a great read if you are curious about Leadership. The book demystifies ‘Leadership skills’ and strips away the halo.
Range argues that experimentation with multiple disciplines, early on, leads to better success and career excellence than specialization.
To be successful as a CoS, a CoS has to discover 3 significant things about himself/herself.
A good CoS excels in the role by dynamically deploying 3 main powers – Mindsets, Attributes and Skills.
I have been in a Chief of Staff role (abbreviated as CoS) since the last 1.5 years. A lot of people ask me — “so what exactly do you do?”.…
Here I am.