TWP 004 - Escaping the 9 to 5 - The Basics You Need To Know
06/21/24 • 27 min
Understanding what a 9 to 5 is important, if you're looking to escape it. As with most issues, in Pakistan - basics are not taught well, and I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce to you, the listener, to:
- What a 9 to 5 needs to be
- What a 5 to 9 needs to be
- How do you leverage your efforts in the right way
- What is the roadmap for someone looking to scale in the long run
Hosted by Saqib Tahir
Sample calendar: https://loom.com/i/8c88234f2aaa44c28eb3cba26e4547d6
Read companion summary article: https://sknexus.com/twp004/
Chapters
0:00 - TWP 004 - Escaping the 9 to 5 - The Basics You Need To Know
0:05 - Quick Update
0:51 - Where the episode actually starts
2:13 - Defining what a 'Good' 9 to 5 needs to be
4:47 - Transition vs Shortcut
5:27 - This episode won't apply to you if
7:16 - Escaping the 9 to 5 - Calendar View
8:11 - Feeding the Now vs Feeding the Future
9:34 - Hard vs Soft Skills
10:32 - Examples: Developer and Sales
13:32 - Compliment your skill set
14:22 - Building long term leverage
15:46 - How to transition from 9 to 5 to 5 to 9
17:37 - Why going from a job to services is better
17:48 - The problem with shortcuts
18:53 - Why services are the best way to transition
19:22 - What is leverage - in simple terms
20:13 - High vs Low leverage activities
20:21 - When to transition from a 9 to 5
23:10 - In the car segment: My path to building leverage
Further learning and references
https://sknexus.com/get-the-fundamentals-of-negotiations-right/
https://sknexus.com/attempt-vs-try/
https://sknexus.com/keep-learning-as-a-professional/
As always -
Thank you for listening, please send any questions or feedback to [email protected]
See you next time.
Join The Community: https://sknexus.com/discord/
Understanding what a 9 to 5 is important, if you're looking to escape it. As with most issues, in Pakistan - basics are not taught well, and I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce to you, the listener, to:
- What a 9 to 5 needs to be
- What a 5 to 9 needs to be
- How do you leverage your efforts in the right way
- What is the roadmap for someone looking to scale in the long run
Hosted by Saqib Tahir
Sample calendar: https://loom.com/i/8c88234f2aaa44c28eb3cba26e4547d6
Read companion summary article: https://sknexus.com/twp004/
Chapters
0:00 - TWP 004 - Escaping the 9 to 5 - The Basics You Need To Know
0:05 - Quick Update
0:51 - Where the episode actually starts
2:13 - Defining what a 'Good' 9 to 5 needs to be
4:47 - Transition vs Shortcut
5:27 - This episode won't apply to you if
7:16 - Escaping the 9 to 5 - Calendar View
8:11 - Feeding the Now vs Feeding the Future
9:34 - Hard vs Soft Skills
10:32 - Examples: Developer and Sales
13:32 - Compliment your skill set
14:22 - Building long term leverage
15:46 - How to transition from 9 to 5 to 5 to 9
17:37 - Why going from a job to services is better
17:48 - The problem with shortcuts
18:53 - Why services are the best way to transition
19:22 - What is leverage - in simple terms
20:13 - High vs Low leverage activities
20:21 - When to transition from a 9 to 5
23:10 - In the car segment: My path to building leverage
Further learning and references
https://sknexus.com/get-the-fundamentals-of-negotiations-right/
https://sknexus.com/attempt-vs-try/
https://sknexus.com/keep-learning-as-a-professional/
As always -
Thank you for listening, please send any questions or feedback to [email protected]
See you next time.
Join The Community: https://sknexus.com/discord/
Previous Episode
TWP 003 - Passion vs Paycheck - The Constant Struggle of Pakistani Professionals
In today's episode I want to go over a commonly misunderstood concept - Passion. Thing is, being in Pakistan, how we approach passion needs to be different. It's easy to pursue passion when your needs are met, it's hard to do so when the average salary barely pays rent. So join me as we uncover perhaps a new way to think about Passion when it comes to your Paycheck.
Hosted by Saqib Tahir
Read companion summary article: https://sknexus.com/twp003/
Chapters
0:00 - TWP 003 - Passion vs Paycheck - The Constant Struggle of Pakistani Professionals
0:51 - Disclaimer on Episode
1:12 - Common roadmaps for Pakistan professionals
3:15 - Passion Vs Paycheck - Intro
5:53 - Common Trap for Salaried Employees
8:12 - What is Passion? My perspective
10:18 - Passion Vs Profit
10:42 - Defining a framework for Passion
12:07 - Defining a framework for Profit
14:30 - Summary of Passion vs Profit
14:54 - A brief look into Ikigai
16:22 - How to develop a Passion
16:42 - Fix your knowledge diet
17:32 - Fix your environment
18:41 - Arming your boredom
19:14 - My road to community engagement
20:49 - In the car segment: Pains of Content Creation
Further learning and references
https://sknexus.com/be-more-than-a-manager/
https://sknexus.com/thinking-differently-about-money/
https://thefutur.com/content/follow-passion-or-profit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrismyers/2018/02/23/how-to-find-your-ikigai-and-transform-your-outlook-on-life-and-business/
https://discord.bsides.pk/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sadaschool/
https://www.facebook.com/pakistanipcgamers/
As always -
Thank you for listening, please send any questions or feedback to [email protected]
See you next time.
Join The Community: https://sknexus.com/discord/
Next Episode
TWP 005 - Learning How To Learn - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Failing to teach people how to learn is probably the biggest failure of our ecosystem. In today’s episode I want to talk about three ways you can keep on learning, and keep on growing.
Covering areas like:
- What is Learning how to Learn
- The 3 ways I have used to learn
- What is an educational content creator
- How to gather useful knowledge
- What is Project Based Learning
- What is wrong with Ad boosted courses
- What to keep an eye out on in future
Hosted by Saqib Tahir
Read companion summary article: https://sknexus.com/twp005/
Further learning and references
https://jamesclear.com/how-to-stop-procrastinating
https://sknexus.com/attempt-vs-try/
https://sknexus.com/keep-learning-as-a-professional/
https://sknexus.com/solving-the-struggle-with-inspiration/
https://sknexus.com/why-professionals-fail/
As always -
Thank you for listening, please send any questions or feedback to [email protected]
See you next time.
Join The Community: https://sknexus.com/discord/
The Wandering Pro | Career Podcast By SK NEXUS - TWP 004 - Escaping the 9 to 5 - The Basics You Need To Know
Transcript
Welcome to another episode of The Wandering Pro. Okay, before starting the episode, let me tell you a little bit. Our last episode was on the Tech Made Fun site. I had to share that on LinkedIn because I thought it was a relevant episode for like the Pakistani audience or people on LinkedIn in my connections. It got a little viral and Muzamil from Thought Behind Things commented on it and because of that, I got a significant boost. A lot of people came to watch that e
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