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Career, B.C. Forbes Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselling and scraping and polishing. - B.C. Forbes This quote is a metaphorical way of saying that building a career is not a one-time design process like an architect’s work, but a continuous process of refinement and improvement, much like a sculptor’s work. An architect designs a building and once the design is complete, the building is constructed according to that design. The architect’s job is essentially done once the design is handed over. This suggests a static, one-time process. On the other hand, a sculptor starts with a raw block of material and continuously shapes it, chisels away at it, polishes it, and refines it until the final piece of art is revealed. This is a dynamic, ongoing process that requires constant effort, attention, and refinement. So, when you’re told to think of yourself not as the architect, but as the ...