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“I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists simply to make money. While this is an important result of a company’s existence, we have to go deeper and find the real reasons for our being. As we investigate this, we inevitably come to the conclusion that a group of people get together and exist as an institution that we call a compan... See more
Brain Food: Letting Go
We are wired to seek and sustain relationships and cannot survive without them. The future of the human race won’t turn on space travel or climate tech, but on our ability to attach to others. A sense that we matter, that we can call on and be called upon by others to ease burdens and celebrate joy.
Scott Galloway • Mammal.ai
Polymath and writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on dealing with critics:
"Against criticism we can neither protect nor defend ourselves; we must act in despite of it, and gradually it resigns itself to this."
"Against criticism we can neither protect nor defend ourselves; we must act in despite of it, and gradually it resigns itself to this."
3-2-1: On feeling foolish, the importance of dreams, and respecting others
How to criticize something you disagree with
Here are social psychologist Anatol Rapoport’s rules for criticizing something:
You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.”
You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are ... See more
Here are social psychologist Anatol Rapoport’s rules for criticizing something:
You should attempt to re-express your target’s position so clearly, vividly, and fairly that your target says, “Thanks, I wish I’d thought of putting it that way.”
You should list any points of agreement (especially if they are ... See more
- the concept of inverse charisma:
E. M. Forster wrote, “To speak to him was to be seduced by an inverse charisma, a sense of being listened to with such intensity that you had to be your most honest, sharpest, and best self.”
What's in the cards?
Never, ever, tell anyone about your problems. 90% of the people really don't care. The other 10% are glad you have them.”
—Charlie Munger
—Charlie Munger
"One of the great mistakes in life is suffering for years because you didn't want to feel foolish for five minutes.
- You don't want to apologize, so you let a relationship deteriorate.
- You're scared of the sting of rejection, so you don't ask for what you want.
- You fear people will say your idea is dumb, so you never start the business.
3-2-1: On feeling foolish, the importance of dreams, and respecting others
19:08 JG: It's not to say we don't take care of ourselves and do what we can to stay healthy. But if we are attached to it, then as the body gets sick, which it inevitably will, then we suffer. If we are not holding on, then we take care [of the body], but as the body goes through it's changes, the mind is much more peaceful. ... So that's the impl... See more