Happy New Year!
The first newsletter of 2019 is about a great book title - one that stops you in your track to ponder. They're really difficult to come by if you think about it. So when I saw this one, I wanted to share what it inspired me to consider.
I found What Got You Here Won't Get You There on James Clear's list of best books on decision making and I added it right at the top of my reading list.
This book's title alone nudged me to think about what it implies, so I can only hope that the rest of it is just as good.
Looking back at the last 5 years of my life, I couldn't agree more with it. What got to become a freelancer is vastly different from what it took to get my last job. What got me to the point of building a strong, loving relationship with my better half is not at all similar to my previous romantic experience.
My motivations were different because my self-awareness was much weaker. Behaviors and contexts were wildly dissimilar.
Having this realization about the past changed how I look at the future.
Clearly, achieving my future goals will take a distinct set of skills, processes, and resources to pull off.
Here's where I found a quote from the book I named this newsletter after that makes me want to read it. It touches on exactly this connection between our past and our future and how we should try to refrain from projecting one into the other.
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