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Comment on The First Job Dilemma (Or Welcome to The Hyper-Meritocracy) by James Phillips

Alvin Toffler has a great quote: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

Older employees can provide a lot of value by transferring what they know to younger employees(mentoring), but it’s vital that they never stop learning themselves. Otherwise, they’ll wake up one morning and realize that their skill set is obsolete and it might be too late to correct that.

Comment on The First Job Dilemma (Or Welcome to The Hyper-Meritocracy) by Derek Dodds

Great post Taylor.

Comment on The First Job Dilemma (Or Welcome to The Hyper-Meritocracy) by James Phillips

Great article, Taylor. I believe I’ve read most of your stuff on apprenticeships, but I don’t think I’ve seen you mention co-operative work rotations (co-ops). As an undergrad, I got hired the second semester of my freshman year to work for 5 semesters for an aerospace company. It added another year to my graduation date, but I graduated with almost two years of work experience with a reputable company. In STEM fields, co-ops are very competitive and engineering companies will sink a lot of m...

Comment on The Margin Matrix: Why successful people are usually wrong by Taylor Pearson

Thanks for the support and throwing my own question back at me :).

I think the EV is higher for the longer posts when I can get them out but net net, better to get out something than nothing and these sorts of posts add to the mix quite well I think.

Comment on The Margin Matrix: Why successful people are usually wrong by Taylor Pearson

80/20 indeed. Thanks Sam.

Comment on The Margin Matrix: Why successful people are usually wrong by Kyle Wassink

Thanks for this Taylor! I’ve been reading for a long time and love your essays, book recommendations (The Fourth Economy was incredible!), and of course your own book!

Decided to put your excellent framework to use immediately by answering your parting question with some questions

What is your EV for short-form and long-form essays? Are they different? Are you looking for interaction with your followers/friends, subscribers to your newsletter, customers for your book, or something else? Onl...

Comment on The Margin Matrix: Why successful people are usually wrong by Sam

Yes dig the bite-sized posts, full of substance but quick enough to read in a few minutes. That is the 80/20 philosophy, look forward to hearing more.

Comment on The Margin Matrix: Why successful people are usually wrong by Paulo Ribeiro

BTW, now I saw it… the graph on bellcurve vs fat tails seems kind off place. Two things: what’s the context? Where did you take it from so I can read more about it?

Comment on The Margin Matrix: Why successful people are usually wrong by Taylor Pearson

Should have consulted you on that one

Comment on The Margin Matrix: Why successful people are usually wrong by Taylor Pearson

Noted and thanks! Will definitely still be generating the long form stuff. It’s my favorite