Abhilash Rao
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Abhilash Rao
the authors describe an experiment during Navy SEAL training where they swapped the leaders of their most successful and least successful teams. The surprising result of this experiment was that both teams excelled after the flip, because:
- The weak team now had a great leader who elevated their performance
- The strong team maintained a durable culture
Stay SaaSy • Advice That I Can't Get Out of My Head
From the book Extreme Ownership by for Navy SEAL officer
In general, people are resistant to self-assessment. Companies are bad at it, too. Looking inward, to them, often boils down to this: “We are successful, so what we are doing must be correct.” Or the converse: “We failed, so what we did was wrong.” This is shallow.
Ed Catmull • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
It’s also because change is hard. Acknowledging a problem might mean committing to change, which can be painful
As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them—to restock the trout pond, so to speak. I call this process filling the well.
Julia Cameron • The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
Teardown of an emotionally powerful ad
Growth Newsletter #176 from Demand Curve
O Lord, help me. Help me accept gracefully what I cannot change. Let me be free of blaming anyone, including myself. I cannot blame myself for what happened to me. Nor can I blame others because others have others to blame.
O Lord, help me accept gracefully what I cannot change. Blaming means I want to change the past. I want my past to be... See more
O Lord, help me accept gracefully what I cannot change. Blaming means I want to change the past. I want my past to be... See more
a ‘slow hunch’ – the anti-‘lightbulb moment,’ the idea that comes into focus over decades, not seconds.