What actually accumulates.
WHAT DOES NOT ACCUMULATE
Familiarity with specific tools Titles from organisations that closed Salary from any single year
WHAT DOES
Judgement Domain understanding Reputation Relationships Financial position Health
WHY JUDGEMENT MATTERS MOST
It is what distinguishes experienced practitioners, and it cannot be acquired quickly.
WHAT PRODUCES IT
Consequences of your own decisions, observed.
WHAT THAT REQUIRES
Staying long enough to see them.
WHY DOMAIN UNDERSTANDING COMPOUNDS
Knowing an industry deeply makes you valuable to everyone in it.
WHAT TO CONSIDER
Depth in a sector, alongside technical skill.
WHY REPUTATION AND RELATIONSHIPS COMPOUND
They produce opportunities without effort, eventually.
WHAT TO INVEST IN CONTINUOUSLY
Doing good work, and staying in contact.
WHY FINANCIAL POSITION MATTERS TO A CAREER
It permits choosing from strength rather than necessity.
WHAT THAT CHANGES
Which roles you accept, and what you tolerate.
WHY HEALTH MATTERS MOST
It is the only item that does not recover.
WHAT TO REVIEW PERIODICALLY
Whether you are accumulating the things that last.
WHAT QUESTION TO ASK
In ten years, what will I have that I do not have now.
WHAT TO ADJUST
Whatever the answer reveals.
WHAT TO ACCEPT
That careers are long, non-linear, and mostly made of ordinary years.
