Omar Usman – Permanent Beta 3 Things I Learned from the Book Startup of You Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha
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In this video, Omar Osman shares three things he learned from The Startup of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Kasnoka. The first thing is to have a permanent beta mindset, which means constantly improving your skill sets and investing in yourself. The second lesson is to invest in oneself, finding ways to meet people and build a professional network. The third lesson is to strategically build a network and strategically put people in the network that have their best interests at heart.
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Hey, guys. Omar Osman here. Today, I'm sharing
3 things I learned from The Startup of
You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Kasnoka.
The premise of the book is basically this.
They say companies aren't going to take care
of you for 20 years and let you
build a career and all that like they
used to. Those times are done. So instead,
people need to treat their career like an
entrepreneurial startup and adopt a lot of the
same mindsets that those companies have. So three
things I learned was number 1, have a
permanent beta mindset.
What that means that you have to constantly
be iterating and improving. See a lot of
people
when they have something like 20 years of
experience at work, In the book, they say
that a lot of them is really 1
year of experience
that's been multiplied 20 times. That's a really
scary thought. A permanent beta mindset though means
that you're always iterating. How can I improve?
How can I get better? What's the next
version of myself? And so I'm always looking
at what assets I have, what knowledge do
I have, what skill sets do I have,
my experiences, the people that I know, the
things that I've done, all these different things
accumulate into my skill set. And so I
need to constantly be improving those things, learning
new things, meeting new people, doing all these
different types of things and that brings us
to the second lesson. The second thing I
learned was to invest in yourself
and this is something that I've tried to
take very seriously.
They say that companies will no longer set
you up to actually train and develop and
do all of these things because most people
don't stay in the same job for more
than 3 or 4 or 5 years
and so it's not in their interest to
train you up for something that's going to
be of use 15 20 years down the
line. You've got to take charge of your
own education.
That means investing in classes,
seminars, workshops,
any different way that you can find to
learn, reading books, all these different types of
things constantly be in a mode of improvement,
but also it's not just the mindset. You
have to take the steps and invest in
yourself.
One thing other than just investing in education,
they say you've got to find ways of
investing in meeting people as well. That could
be as simple as taking someone out for
coffee or lunch.
It might also mean that if there's someone
interesting that you want to meet that you
think you can learn from,
fly out and meet them. Have money set
aside to meet interesting people, but invest in
yourself and in your relationships. That brings us
to the third lesson. The third thing that
I learned was to build a professional network.
Now networking, when I hear that word, it
evokes a lot of negative imagery. It's like
all these advices that people give you go
to the rotary club, go to the Chamber
of Commerce, go to networking events and hand
out business cards and meet people that you
don't know. It all sounds very awkward and
inauthentic.
In the book, they say that you have
a natural network
that you don't realize is really your network.
So there's friends, there's acquaintances,
there's people that you've met here and there,
friends of friends, but people that are naturally
within your circle that you can reach out
to and talk to. That's a natural network
that you can have that you can start
to build relationships with people. Now that doesn't
mean just like, oh, that person works there.
They can get me a job at that
company. But no, they say look to build
relationships
with the people in your network. That means
find ways of adding value to them. They'll
add value to you in return and it's
an actual friendship or relationship.
One other thing that comes with building your
network is also making sure that you've put
people that are close to you that have
your best interests at heart
And that means it's not just your network
or friends that you go to for advice,
but it's making sure that you strategically have
5, 6, 7, 8 people that are close
to you that are always thinking in terms
of what's best for you. And you go
to them, you get their advice, you get
their help, and you help your career move
forward. That's the 3 things I learned from
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