The document discusses choosing and pacing one's career. It recommends acquiring skills, figuring out your passions, trying different things like volunteering, interning, traveling, reading and writing. It also suggests learning to say no. The author shares his own experiences of founding a company at 24, traveling to 5 continents and 25 cities, growing his team from 4 to 15 people, and volunteering on 4 global committees to find what he wanted to do with his life. He concludes by stating you have a unique opportunity to change the world through your career choices.

1. ‘Your Career is your Choice’
-­‐Arjun R Pillai

2. The average person spends
an accumulated total of
10.3 years of Bme at work.

3. Have you seriously thought
about your career?

4. ‘If you don’t know where you are going, any
road will get you there’ -­‐Lewis Carroll

5. Pacing your Career in phases

6. Acquire Skills

7. Figure out your passion

8. Try different things

9. Try different things
Volunteer/
Intern
Travel
Read /
Write
Fall in Love
(may be)

10. Gartner Hype Cycle

11. Power of Smartphones

12. IST is NOT Indian
‘Stretchable’ Time

13. Learn to Say, ‘No’

14. ‘I've missed more
than 9000 shots
in my career. I've
lost almost 300
games. 26 Bmes,
I've been trusted
to take the game
winning shot &
missed’

15. ‘The Story of an Idiot’

16. Founded a
Company
at 24
Travelled 5
conBnents
& ~25
ciBes
Grew
Team
from 4 to
15+
Volunteer
on 4 global
commi_ee
Found
What I
want to do
with my
life

17. ‘You have a unique
opportunity to change the
world. Whether you want
to choose it or not is upto
you’
Arjun R Pillai
rarjunpillai@gmail.com
Social -­‐ rarjunpillai