Myths of Grit and Passion
When scientists and psychologists provide case studies of resilient individuals, they do not showcase a housekeeper who has overcome personal tragedy and now has impressive talents at self-regulation. They write about individuals who survived and became doctors, teachers, therapists, motivational speakers—sparkly members of society. Resilience, acc
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Our culture convinces far too many of us to chase things that are not aligned with our ideal states of being. We internalize the message of what Byung-Chul Han has called the “achievement society” where the primary goal of a life is to constantly improve, nudged to become “entrepreneurs of [our]selves.”1 But constantly trying to be “better” can pu
... See morePaul Millerd • Good Work : Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition
How To Spot High Agency People
- Weird teenage hobbies - Teenage years are the hardest time to go against social pressures. If they can go against the crowd as a teenager, they can go against the crowd as an adult.
- Treadmill energy - If you meet with them when you're tired and defeated, you leave the room ready to run a marathon on a treadmill wi