Dominik Nitsch | Generalist & Multipreneur
Entrepreneur, Lacrosse Athlete, Writer & Productivity Nerd. Frameworks & strategies for those who don't want to specialize. Join hundreds of generalists and unlock your full potential. 🔓
Creation: The Ultimate Form of Human Expression [#69]
Create [#69] The answers to this job interview questions will make you rethink success. You can also read this in your browser. “What’s something you’ve achieved that most others wouldn’t or couldn’t have achieved?” This is one of my favorite interview questions. In the past few months, I’ve asked this question at least 150 times. 150 data points is enough to spot a surprising pattern that will make you re-think success. Let’s dive in. 🤿 The interview question is often reframed by candidates...
Redefining Entrepreneurship: Obsession, Not Originality [#68]
Originality is overrated. Obsession isn't. [#68] If nobody else is doing it, there's probably a good reason for it. Don't be original. Be better. You can also read this in your browser. “Every idea is either too difficult, too small or too crowded. There isn’t a single exception.” – Patrick de Castro Neuhaus Entrepreneurship has this wonderful allure: “Build your own business” “Live on your own terms” “Make more money than you ever could in your full-time job” “Sell your company, ride off...
The Science of Chunking: A Cheat Code for Learning Faster [#67]
The Science of Chunking: A Cheat Code for Learning Faster [#67] How breaking information into chunks can help you learn faster, think clearer, and perform better – just like chess grandmasters. You can also read this in your browser. “Hey, what’s your phone number?”, I asked. The girl across the table replied: “it’s 0123 456 78 90”. She, like all of us, had her phone number memorized. But when you look closely, she didn’t memorize a string of 11 digits – that’s hard to do for humans. She...
A generalist's biggest enemy: context switching [#66]
How to avoid context switching when working several projects What computers can teach us about the way our brain works. Read this in your browser. I have a MacBook from 2020 that I’ve been using on a daily basis for 4.5 years. It still gets the job done surprisingly well. But sometimes, it slows down a lot – specifically, when I have a lot of tabs open and switch regularly between them. This happens because computers only have a limited amount of Random Access Memory (RAM): it’s used to store...
Study the past, be prepared for the future [#65]
How to use the past to prepare for the future [#65] The future after 2025 is uncertain. The future after 1925 was also uncertain. Read this in your browser. We’re now as far away from the year 2040 as we are from the year 2010. Kind of crazy to think about, eh? 2040 seems like a futuristic imagination from a science fiction book, whereas 2010 doesn’t feel too long ago. → Miroslav Klose dominates the World Cup in South Africa → The Burj Khalifa is opened → Instagram launches That’s not that...
3 simple tips to maintain a routine while traveling [#64]
How to maintain a routine – while traveling Routines break as soon as you leave your usual surroundings. Let's change that. Read this in your browser. In my last job as Head of International, I traveled a lot. In fact, so much that this meme became universally accepted as my company-internal name: Every two weeks, I’d travel for a few days, excluding weekends (which would also entail travel). Throw in a long-distance relationship, and you have the perfect storm. One of my biggest struggles...
What to do when you feel like you should know everything [#63]
What to do when you feel like you should know everything Spoiler: You shouldn't. Read this in your browser. “Hiring for a senior marketing manager – 3-5 years of experience.” “COO for a scale-up – 5+ years of experience.” “Head of Sales in startup – 5+ years of sales experience.” 8 years into my career, I could apply to any of these positions (purely in terms of career experience). By checking the box of “5 years of experience”, 95% of the more “senior” positions become available. Where you...
What if there's no such thing as "Ikigai"? [#62]
Screw finding your passion How to build a portfolio of things you're passionate about instead of chasing the elusive Ikigai. Read this in your browser. A friend told me: “your content is awesome for people who know what they want.” But unfortunately, most people don’t know what they want. Or, more precisely, they think they don’t know. In “Refuse to Choose”, Barbara Sher points out: “maybe learning about new environments is what makes you happy, what’s right for you. Most Scanners miss that...
Change your ZIP code, become who you are [#61]
How to avoid getting stuck in high school Here's a key to level up in real life – just like you would in a video game. Read this in your browser. You’ve become so big — but to me you’re still that cute 2 year old that used to stay here all summer” – every grandmother, ever. Do you know that feeling when you come back to your parents’ house, and all the sudden, you feel like you’re 17 again? You forget that you’re an adult. You adopt old behavior patterns. As do your parents. Yet it’s hard to...
You're not talented. You just did a lot of work.
How quality reps trump natural talent every single time Want to be a professional ice hockey player? Be born in January. Read this in your browser. In the mid-1980s, Canadian psychologist Roger Barnsley attended an ice hockey game with his family. His wife flipped through the leaflet with the player information, and noticed something odd: most of the players had their birthdays early in the year. Barnsley thought she was crazy. But when he looked at the leaflet himself, he could confirm: most...
Entrepreneur, Lacrosse Athlete, Writer & Productivity Nerd. Frameworks & strategies for those who don't want to specialize. Join hundreds of generalists and unlock your full potential. 🔓