People with very high expectations have very low resilience
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People with very high expectations have very low resilience
It’s a truism that you always want to hire folks with very high standards, but I’ve seen a staggering number of folks fail in an organization primarily because they want to hold others to a higher standard than their organization’s management is willing to enforce.
lethain.com • Hard to Work With.
Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character.
Character is not formed out of smart people: it is formed out of people who have suffered.
-Jensen Huang
Low expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we aim high, we’ll get better results.
Ted Chiang • Exhalation: Stories
I was young, naive, and plagued by impostor syndrome. I held back instead of exploring more, engaging more deeply, and seeking out more challenges. I allowed myself to be carried along by the current, rather than actively charting my own course. Youth is wasted on the young.
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