Mike "Bagel"
@bagelpuc
Small Business Counselor, Podcaster, Writer, Connector
Mike "Bagel"
liveyourvalues.co
The weird thing is that the word “leader” itself is cliché and boring, but when you come across somebody who actually is a real leader, that person isn’t cliché or boring at all; in fact he’s sort of the opposite of cliché and boring.... See more
Obviously, a real leader isn’t just somebody who has ideas you agree with, nor is it just somebody you happen to be
David Foster Wallace on Leadership, Illustrated and Read by Debbie Millman
Identification with a thing: be it a group, a sport team, an ideology, a political space, a job, you name it. Even your name, now that I mention it. You were a child and you shit your pants, but you don’t identify with that BECAUSE NONE OF IT IS PERMANENT. Get away from this obsessive need to fit in through identification, go and stand alone
Nicholas Goodey • Frustration
So, is Jacobs right to say that baseball was better when we knew less about it? And here we are at the crux of the issue from another angle: how is the goodness of the game measured and accounted for? Or, more to the point, can the goodness of the game be measured? If not, then in what would the goodness of the game consist? And, an equally interes... See more
theconvivialsociety.substack.com • The Limits of Optimization
Episode AI notes
Rafi Kohan emphasizes the importance of mental toughness in responding to trash talk by promoting self-awareness and self-regulation.
Effective trash talk can serve as a distraction strategy, deflecting opponents' focus, as illustrated by the example of Shep Messine.
Embracing the underdog effect can motivate individuals to overcome p
WorkLife with Adam Grant • The Art and Science of Trash Talk With Rafi Kohan
It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. Producing bullshit requires no such conviction.
Harry Frankfurt • On Bullshit
In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.
Alexi Gunner • idle gaze 067: slowpunk
In essence, knowledge gained through the senses and perception is not knowledge at all, but opinion. It is only through philosophical reasoning that one is able to pursue knowledge.
Paul Kleinman • Philosophy 101
For an idea to resonate, it needs to do the following:
Something in my subjective experience or previous insight connects to the idea in front of me and gives it potency. The connection between two ideas always carries the possibility of a third, new idea.
It moves me through language. I might find the phrasing particularly harmonious, the choice of ... See more
Something in my subjective experience or previous insight connects to the idea in front of me and gives it potency. The connection between two ideas always carries the possibility of a third, new idea.
It moves me through language. I might find the phrasing particularly harmonious, the choice of ... See more
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