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Is It Time to Earn or Time to Learn?

The best career opportunities have you doing both — earning and learning. Every career plan should have you doing at least one. You know you're in the wrong job if you're doing either.

The Startup of You (Revised and Updated)
p.33

Most super-talented and/or ambitious people want to be the front man; few play the consigliere role well, or even see the under-sung opportunities it offers. In other words, there's less competition and significant opportunity to be had as an all-star right-hand man.

The Startup of You (Revised and Updated)
p.52

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