The more an idea is tied to your identity, the more you will ignore evidence it is false. To continue to grow and learn, you must be willing to update, expand, and edit your identity.
"Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree and I will take 4 to sharpen the ax." Abe Lincoln
Create your life rather than live it. James Clear
Ronald Sharp on how friendship or any great relationship transforms us.
Psychiatrist Mark Goulston on how to make meaningful connections in life and business: "Understanding a person's hunger and responding to it is one of the most potent tools you'll ever discover for getting through to anyone you meet in business or your personal life."
Most people are not wired to work 9-5—long periods of steady, monotonous work. If your goal is to do inspired, creative work, you have to work like a lion. Sprint when inspired. Rest. Repeat. Sahil Bloom
"Mental toughness is often portrayed as determination and persistence, but it can also be flexibility and adaptability. - I can be happy anywhere. - I can work with what I have. - I can have a good day with anyone. You are tough when your mood is not dependent on your conditions." James Clear [...]
Stability shuts down the brains learning centers. Do hard things 70 percent of the time.
It's the tipping points you have to watch for that might cause change to happen all at once. There is no apparent difference between an ice cube at 0 degrees and 31 degrees, but at 32 degrees, change occurs rather dramatically. Underneath, there is change from 0 to 31, because otherwise the dramatic change at [...]
