The Value of Being a Generalist

Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) is a co-founder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock Partners, host of the podcast Masters of Scale, and co-author of the fully revised and updated bestseller The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career.

• Why you should think of your career as a startup — from the perspective of an entrepreneur rather than an employee.
• What it means to evoke a permanent beta mindset in which you treat every day like day one and commit your life to personal growth.
• Why it’s important to continually generate professional opportunities even if you're happy where you are.
• Why you should ignore hacky influencers who tell you to "begin with the end in mind" when it comes to your career (and what you're better off doing instead).
• The soft and hard assets you should be tracking to make yourself, as friend of the show Cal Newport has famously said, "so good they can't ignore you."
• And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/719

If you missed our earlier two-part interview with Reid Hoffman, don’t panic! You can catch up by starting at episode 207: Reid Hoffman | Mastering Your Scale for the Unexpected Part One!

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