Batch Batchelder
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Batch Batchelder
“Optimize for your desired lifestyle, not your desired title.”
3-2-1: On finding your desired lifestyle, a simple rule for life, and working with what you have
“Working on a problem reduces the fear of it.
It’s hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it—even if progress is imperfect and slow.
Action relieves anxiety.”
It’s hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it—even if progress is imperfect and slow.
Action relieves anxiety.”
3-2-1: On true wealth, the antidote to anxiety, and how to love someone as they change
“Mental toughness is often framed as the perseverance that gets you across the finish line:
But most days, mental toughness isn’t about crossing the finish line. It’s about getting to the starting line:
- Find a way to make it happen
- Push through the pain
- Grind it out to the end
But most days, mental toughness isn’t about crossing the finish line. It’s about getting to the starting line:
- Show up when no one is watching
- Keep your eye on the ball
- Do a little bit every
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the power of relationships, practicing mental toughness, and a little secret of life
Those who need reasons to feel good never run out of needs.
What truly changes the game is when an organization decides to commit to being better at being better.
That’s hard to do and difficult to compete against.
That’s hard to do and difficult to compete against.
Seth Godin • Better at being better
SECURE ATTACHMENT = ATTUNEMENT + RUPTURE + REPAIR
Robyn Gobbel • The Brilliance of Attachment
Short-term results come from intensity.
Long-term results come from consistency.
Long-term results come from consistency.
From Shane Parrish, Farnam Street
Software Engineer Billy Markus on human behavior:
“People are not rational. They are rationalizing. Once you understand this simple fact, all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.”
“People are not rational. They are rationalizing. Once you understand this simple fact, all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.”
Worker Bees.
I wonder if you can pause
--just for a moment--
the emergency of your life
and step out into
the quiet of the world.
Hear how gently it conveys
the delicate thread of birdsong,
how quickly it can soothe
the rupture of a passing jet.
Feel its vast, smiling invitation
to rest back into the person
you've been all your life.
- James Pearson, from... See more
I wonder if you can pause
--just for a moment--
the emergency of your life
and step out into
the quiet of the world.
Hear how gently it conveys
the delicate thread of birdsong,
how quickly it can soothe
the rupture of a passing jet.
Feel its vast, smiling invitation
to rest back into the person
you've been all your life.
- James Pearson, from... See more
Don’t chase the ring…