This document discusses the two keys to career success: pursuit and opportunity. Pursuit refers to chasing something forever through continuous learning, even from failures. Opportunity is not just luck, but recognizing how opportunities intersect with one's pursuit, sometimes unexpectedly, and having the daring to take advantage of opportunities by getting hands-on experience and persevering through challenges. To be successful, one must chase their lifelong pursuit and dare to seize opportunities.

1. The two keys to
CAREER SUCCESS

2. They are
1. 2.
PURSUIT OPPORTUNITY

3. PURSUIT
Malcolm Gladwell called pursuit the ‘10 000
hours to mastery’ rule in the book ‘Outliers’.
Dan Pink called it the ‘intrinsic motivator of
mastery’ in the book ‘Drive’.
Belle & Sebastian sing about one’s ‘life
pursuit’.

4. WHAT IS
PURSUIT
Having a pursuit means chasing something forever.
Enjoying the thrill of the ride, rather than of arrival.
Enduring the fact that there is no finish line.

5. WHEN IN
PURSUIT
You don’t stop studying and learning after university.
And it is as much about learning from failure as from success.

6. OPPORTUNITY
It isn’t necessarily luck.
Rather an ability to see that an opportunity has been encountered.
That it meshes with our pursuit, perhaps in an unexpected way.

7. OPPORTUNITY
It requires daring.
Trying it out. Taking advantage of it.
Getting your hands dirty and sticking it out through the emotional
times.

8. To be successful you must
Chase DARE to take
your life opportunities
pursuit

9. These were some thoughts after reading the following
AWESOME BOOKS
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