I'm grateful you decided to focus on writing books. There is an entire community of practitioners and researchers that benefitted from you not taking certain bits of advice.
My own approach is similar to yours, listen to all advice but be selective about what you will take. Your point about understanding that everyone has their own purposes and biases is very important. People will direct you in light of what would be good for you but sometimes also what is good for themselves.
I think the main crux of your post that resonates with me is that it's important to forge your own path.
I quit my well paid job in March and created a course on Udemy titled "Data Architecture for Data Scientists". Its not doing as well as your book but I'm still happy I tested my idea of creating a course and sharing all the knowledge I had in my head. The effort put into making the course is say 3 full months compared to your 6 months.
I have learnt a lot through the process of creating content. My strategy has always been to listen to the inner voice, the journey has never been easy but I have always grown as a person each time I followed my gut.
Wow! Your post came at the right time. I quit my full-time job at a large energy company 5 months ago to focus on writing and completing my book. My friends and well wishers are asking: "when are you writing that journal article"? B-school academia does not consider books. When I went to the faculty interview at Aston University, the Dean wasn't impressed with my book contract. Your post made my day! Inspired :)
I'm grateful you decided to focus on writing books. There is an entire community of practitioners and researchers that benefitted from you not taking certain bits of advice.
My own approach is similar to yours, listen to all advice but be selective about what you will take. Your point about understanding that everyone has their own purposes and biases is very important. People will direct you in light of what would be good for you but sometimes also what is good for themselves.
I think the main crux of your post that resonates with me is that it's important to forge your own path.
I quit my well paid job in March and created a course on Udemy titled "Data Architecture for Data Scientists". Its not doing as well as your book but I'm still happy I tested my idea of creating a course and sharing all the knowledge I had in my head. The effort put into making the course is say 3 full months compared to your 6 months.
I have learnt a lot through the process of creating content. My strategy has always been to listen to the inner voice, the journey has never been easy but I have always grown as a person each time I followed my gut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnclocOwwo
... listen to this wise man.
This is exactly how I made my career starting a Hightech Company as early as 1983.
Hi Christoph, how can I communicate with you via email directly?
Wow! Your post came at the right time. I quit my full-time job at a large energy company 5 months ago to focus on writing and completing my book. My friends and well wishers are asking: "when are you writing that journal article"? B-school academia does not consider books. When I went to the faculty interview at Aston University, the Dean wasn't impressed with my book contract. Your post made my day! Inspired :)