Treat your career as a business. Make yourself more valuable through continuous learning, building a network and adapting towards antifragility.

1. You Inc.
http://actualiser.co.za
@pshymorphic
jpool@pshymorphic.com
2 September 2013
MIH Media Lab
@mihmedialab
Jan Pool

6. Actualiser

7. Actualiser
RealityGate RSV

8. Actualiser
RealityGate
Gust Pay
RSV

9. Actualiser
RealityGate
Gust Pay
Circadian
AfrikaBurn
Guide
Bitcoin
Stellenbosch
Explorer
RSV

10. You

11. You Inc.

12. You Inc.
Startup: Me 1.0
Product?
Brand?

13. You Inc.
Startup: Me 1.0
Product?
Brand?
Always be Awesome!

14. Know Yourself

15. Know Yourself
Likes & Dislikes
Strengths & Weaknesses
Risk Appetite

16. Know Yourself
Likes & Dislikes
Strengths & Weaknesses
Risk Appetite
Introspection
Experimentation

17. Value

18. Value + Continuous Learning
+ Growing a Network
+ Adapt to Antifragility

19. Product Market

20. Knowledge
Product Market
Skill Set
Personality

21. Knowledge
Product Market
Location
EnvironmentSkill Set
Personality
Money

22. Knowledge
Product Market
Location
EnvironmentSkill Set
Differentiate!
Personality
Money

23. Good Reputation
Focus
Communication Skills
Analytical Skills
Get Things Done
People Skills
Discipline
Planning Skills
Passion

24. Invest in Yourself

25. Invest in Yourself
Hone Your Skills
Diversify Your Skills

26. Read More
Invest in Yourself
Hone Your Skills
Diversify Your Skills
Formal Learning

27. Read More
Do Side Projects
Do Art
Have Hobbies
Invest in Yourself
Hone Your Skills
Diversify Your Skills
Formal Learning

28. Read More
Have More Discussions
Do Side Projects
Do Art
Have Hobbies
Get Mentors & Advisors
Invest in Yourself
Hone Your Skills
Diversify Your Skills
Formal Learning

29. Make Connections

30. Make Connections
Friends
Acquaintances
Professional

31. Make Connections
Extra Skills
Extra Knowledge
Access to Markets
Friends
Acquaintances
Professional

32. Make Connections
Extra Skills
Extra Knowledge
Access to Markets
Friends
Acquaintances
Professional
Scale Free

33. Make Connections
Extra Skills
Extra Knowledge
Access to Markets
Friends
Acquaintances
Professional
Scale Free
Diverse

34. Make Connections
Extra Skills
Extra Knowledge
Access to Markets
Friends
Acquaintances
Professional
Scale Free
Diverse
Restaurants, Bars & Coffee Shops
Conferences
Professional Events
Entertainment

35. Make Connections
Extra Skills
Extra Knowledge
Access to Markets
Connect & Promote
Others
Friends
Acquaintances
Professional
Scale Free
Diverse
Restaurants, Bars & Coffee Shops
Conferences
Professional Events
Entertainment

36. Adapting towards Antifragility

37. Adapting towards Antifragility
Chaos
Stressors
Errors
Uncertainty
Volatility
Time

38. Adapting towards Antifragility
Chaos
Stressors
Errors
Uncertainty
Fragility
Resilient
Continuum
Volatility
Time

39. Adapting towards Antifragility
Chaos
Stressors
Errors
Uncertainty
Fragility
Resilient
Continuum
Volatility
Time
Better Systems

40. Adapting towards Antifragility
Chaos
Stressors
Errors
Uncertainty
Fragility
Resilient
Continuum
Adapt
Experiment
Simplify
Diversify
Volatility
Time
Better Systems
Learn from the Old
Redundancy

41. Adapting towards Antifragility
Chaos
Stressors
Errors
Uncertainty
Fragility
Resilient
Continuum
Adapt
Experiment
Simplify
Diversify
Volatility
Time
Take Risks
Calculated and Informed
Embrace Failure
Better Systems
Learn from the Old
Redundancy

42. Adapting towards Antifragility
Chaos
Stressors
Errors
Uncertainty
Fragility
Resilient
Continuum
Adapt
Experiment
Simplify
Diversify
Volatility
Time
Take Risks
Calculated and Informed
Embrace Failure
Better Systems
Learn from the Old
Redundancy
EVOLVE!

44. http://www.thestartupofyou.com/
http://www.slideshare.net/reidhoffman/startup-of-you-visual-summary

45. THE BOOK OF AWESOME
by @FAKEGRIMLOCK
http://fakegrimlock.com/

46. http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/

47. Treat your career as your own startup.

48. Treat your career as your own startup.
Differentiate yourself locally in some niche.

49. Treat your career as your own startup.
Differentiate yourself locally in some niche.
Continuously learn.

50. Treat your career as your own startup.
Differentiate yourself locally in some niche.
Continuously learn.
Build your network.

51. Treat your career as your own startup.
Differentiate yourself locally in some niche.
Continuously learn.
Build your network.
Take risks and become an adaptive, antifragile person.

52. http://actualiser.co.za
http://circadian.co.za/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/janpool
“A life spent making mistakes is not
only more honorable, but more useful
than a life spent doing nothing.”
George Bernard Shaw
@pshymorphic
jpool@pshymorphic.com
“ART COME FROM YOUR BRAIN.
TOOL SMALLEST PART OF IT.”
@FAKEGRIMLOCK