Sharjeel Ahmed Qureshi

Two years completed at Google. Some things I've learned in addition to what I wrote last year: - Writing helps a lot. Writing helps you generate ideas. Writing also helps you recall what you've done and sometimes keep you motivated by reminding you that you are making progress and doing a good job. Before I started writing this post, I had a feeling I haven't learned anything in the past one year. - The twice-a-year performance review to write self assessment and review peers forces you to write, which has a lot of benefits. - Specially learning diplomacy is not required when your disagreements are for the sake of betterment of product, end-users or overall well being of people around you. People can easily sense whether you are coming from your ego or you genuinely care and react accordingly. - A small act of appreciation can turn acquaintances into friends who'd go out of their way to help you. Don't hesitate to appreciate people whenever they deserve it. - Best advice for getting promoted is written in Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends & Influence People -- read it, again. - Be the person who'd everyone would want to refer to, both for competency as well as attitude.

Wow! this is one gem of a read! "Read more long content and less tweets." " It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with." "One of the benefits of working hard is that good opportunities will come along, but it’s still up to you to jump on them when they do." "Minimize your own cognitive load from distracting things that don’t really matter." "Don’t worry so much. Things in life are rarely as risky as they seem." "Exercise. Eat well. Sleep. Get out into nature with some regularity." "Go out of your way to help people. Few things in life are as satisfying. Be nice to strangers. Be nice even when it doesn’t matter." "Learn voraciously. " "Don’t screw people and don’t burn bridges. Pick your battles carefully." "Forgive people." "Don’t chase status. Status without substance doesn’t work for long and is unfulfilling." "Most things are ok in moderation. Almost nothing is ok in extreme amounts." "Be a doer, not a talker." "Don’t judge other people too quickly. You never know their whole story and why they did or didn’t do something. Be empathetic." "The days are long but the decades are short."