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Singaporean Matters: 5 Success Tips for 2024
As 2023 draws to a close, I spent the past weekend reflecting on the lessons of 2023 to shape what I need to do in 2024 if I want to succeed in life. To me, the ability to learn (and take personal responsibility for everything that happens to us ) are fundamental life skills upon which success is built.
ONE: Embrace Discomfort.
The advent of generative AI will fundamentally disrupt our world. To avoid being the frog in boiling water, we need to proactively slaughter the sacred cows and embrace the suck. We need to accept that failure is the stepping stone to success as we will fail, fail often, and fail massively as we evolve into a world of AI.
TWO: Rethink Success.
The hard truth is that luck has an outsized influence on our success and we often learn more from our failure than our success. If we start to drink our Kool-Aid and do not properly consider luck’s role in our success, we will be in danger of repeating and staying fixated on a failing strategy.
THREE: Beyond Motivation.
While having self-discipline and self-motivation are great, they are not enough. This is because we are inherently weak…
