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On-the-job can be in terms of work experience and getting your hands dirty in getting things done.

Pre-job can be in terms of educational background, academic achievements, portfolio

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Pre-Career preparations are more correlated with employee performance vs On-the-Job learning. (link)

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Christensen is making a case for experience being the most important and relevant education one can receive.

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Based on the idea that people are innately born with talents, it means to justify that people with impressive academic backgrounds and extensive portfolios are more likely to be successful.

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Finding the 'Right Stuff' in American Fighter Pilots

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Finding the 'Right Stuff' in American Fighter Pilots

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The 'Right Stuff' may not always be Right

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The 'Right Stuff' may not always be Right

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Professor Morgan McCall proposes an alternative where talents and abilities honed through experiences are a better measure of success

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The 'Right Stuff' leading to the Wrong outcome

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The 'Right Stuff' leading to the Wrong outcome

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Author chose his Vice-President of Operations based on the candidate having more 'Right Stuff' and having to lay him off after 18 months

Candidate lacked vital specific experiences in ramping up operations despite having an impressive portfolio

The failure of Pandesic despite $100 million in funding and involving highly regarded people from both Intel and SAP

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Academic Planning with the Courses of Experience

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Academic Planning with the Courses of Experience

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Nolan Archibald is the youngest ever CEO of a Fortune 500 company

Chose to work at an asbetos mine over a major consulting firm after graduating from business school for the experience of managing people under difficult conditions.

Chose his careers based on what he thinks is relevant experience to becoming a good CEO

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Give more considerations to planning around the experiences you can gain from working in a career to build the relevant experiences for your desired role in the future

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Be less critical and harsh towards myself in terms of being results-oriented.

Embrace that the experience gained is also valuable, even if the outcome is not what you wanted.

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Coach of a basketball team always sends the best five players to play matches

The “bench” players are denied opportunities to experience playing on court under pressure

One particular game where the main five players were tired out but the coach did not see anyone on the bench whom he trusted

The team lost the match

Course on pressure

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Cliff Notes course -> the experience of learning how to take shortcuts

Course on taking responsibility for yourself

Let kids learn their lessons

If they are not occasionally failing, they are not aiming high enough

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Parents’ default instincts tend to be to support their children in a difficult moment

Parents need to learn to let go of their children’s hand and let them experience life for themselves

Think about what skills / abilities they want their kids to possess

Think about what experiences they believe will help their children develop the capabilities they need for life

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Value of giving people experiences before they need them -> Signing up for the right courses in life

Short-term benefits VS Long-term detrimental impacts

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Take the course on stepping out of my comfort zone

Tendency to stay too comfortably in my comfort zone -> roadblock to achieving greater things

Increase threshold for dealing with difficulties -> greater resilience