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Why there are only six possibilities
From the course: Planning Your Career and Your Life
Why there are only six possibilities
- Why aren't there more than six animals? Because if you look, we've got two inputs, goals and efficiency. We've got two outputs, enjoy and achieve, so that's 16 combinations, in theory, but we've only got six animals. So, why aren't there more? And there are quite a few impossible combinations, which mean we only end up with six animals in the end. So the first one is, you can't achieve without efficiency, so all the potential animals that have achievement but no efficiency, don't exist. Also, you can't achieve without goals. You can't accidentally achieve things. So, all those animals don't exist either. The next thing is that if you've got goals, but you're not achieving them, that will make you unhappy, and this is the problem the koala has. So, there are no animals that have goals but are not achieving, and are happy. So that's two more animals gone. And then there's the fact that efficiency and not achieving…
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What makes a person successful in their job?26s
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Six success factors for your career4m 12s
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The inputs and outputs of success5m 9s
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The efficient greyhound1m 52s
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The ambitious mountain goat1m 48s
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The plodding tortoise2m 14s
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The dreaming koala2m 30s
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The fun-loving kangaroo3m 21s
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The achieving eagle3m
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Why there are only six possibilities1m 51s
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Development plans for each animal2m 15s
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