What we get wrong about the Mexican Fisherman Parable
Mastery. Checked-off bucket-list experiences. But that’s not how it works.
John Wineland • From the Core: A New Masculine Paradigm for Leading with Love, Living Your Truth, and Healing the World
Great, great question. In the world of writing, everyone wants to succeed immediately and without pain or effort. Really? Or they love to write books about how to write books, rather than actually writing . . . a book that might actually be about something. Bad advice is everywhere. Build a following. Establish a platform. Learn how to scam the sys
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C. THI NGUYEN: So the essential insight that I got from Suits is that in so many games, the target isn’t the point. The point is this rich experience along the way. And I think a lot of the mistakes we make with games is we get into these things and we forget about these larger purposes. The fact that they can be fun. The fact that they can be beau... See more
C. Thi Nguyen • Are We Measuring Our Lives in All the Wrong Ways?
When we’re focused on first-order outcomes, we look for the instant success, the instant best seller, the instant fill-in-the-blank. We search for shortcuts, life hacks, and advice from self-proclaimed gurus. We “applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint,” Chris Hadfield writes, “rather than the years of dogged preparation
... See moreOzan Varol • Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life
Can you learn to enjoy the process as the end in itself, not the means?
In the beginning, the dissonance between the scale of your aspirations and the reality of your days will riddle you with anxiety. You will be tempted to strip the unknown of its surprises and travel to the future: What if my customers churn? What if a competitor introduces a be... See more
In the beginning, the dissonance between the scale of your aspirations and the reality of your days will riddle you with anxiety. You will be tempted to strip the unknown of its surprises and travel to the future: What if my customers churn? What if a competitor introduces a be... See more