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Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
Managing your physical resources ultimately boils down to discarding the unrealistic expectation of always being “at your best.” Energy naturally fluctuates; attempting to maintain a perpetual peak is not just impossible but detrimental to your well-being. Respecting your natural rhythms can lead you to have a healthier relationship to work as well
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The desire for legacy is the desire for evidence that your life, in the end, held meaning.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
How to Unlock Social Flow
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
When confronted with a stressful experience, our first instinct is to remove the stressor. And when we cannot eliminate the source of stress, we urgently seek activities that restore our sense of control—anything
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
Social flow, or at least the footprint left by it, even translates to value in the art world. What collectors call the provenance of a work—the context in which a piece is created, the story around it, the people who were interested in it and owned it: in essence, whose lives the work has touched—matters hugely to its valuation.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
Key #3. Prioritize Impact Over Image “When I quit The New York Times to be a full-time mother, the voices of the world said that I was nuts. When I quit it again to be a full-time novelist, they said I was nuts again,” said author Anna Quindlen. “But I am not nuts. I am happy. I am successful on my own terms. Because if your success is not on your
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find themselves more alert in the evening hours, but as they age find their best hours are in the morning. It’s worth setting aside preconceived notions and, if you can, experimenting with different working hours, observing when you feel most alert for a few weeks. This process can bring surprising insights and unveil new magic windows in previousl
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Affective labeling is literally “putting feelings into words.” As you do this, vague anxieties crystallize into a clear set of solid emotions.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
when you lean into your curiosity, uncertainty can be a state of expanded possibility, a space for metamorphosis. It’s a way to turn challenges into triggers for self-discovery and doubt into a source of opportunity.