conviction
insightful ideas on the power and essence of conviction
by Prashanth Narayan and · updated 3mo ago
conviction
- More recently I’ve kept repeating to myself, don’t abandon your vision . Decisiveness is knowing myself well enough to take the plunge, then the rest is all faith.
from Peak Decisiveness
andrea added 1y ago
- III.
"Many people have a hard time making decisions because they don't know what is important.
When you have a clear mission and you are completely sure what is important to you, most decisions become easy. Once you're fully committed, you don't need rules for how to spend your time. It's obvious which decision to make. It's clear what to prioritize.
... See morephoebe added 1y ago
- What are you obsessed with that others rarely talk about?
Lately, I’ve been somewhat obsessed with the idea of “conviction.” It’s such a cool concept because it’s the ultimate combination of heart and mind.from Modern Meditations: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures) by Mario Gabriele
phoebe added 1y ago
- Conviction is the rarest resource in the world.
... See more
Not money.
Not intelligence.
Not access.
Conviction.
I’ve met a lot of people who are very intelligent and have an awesome (in the literal sense) arsenal of skills and advantages at their disposal.
But that doesn’t make them dangerous, because they usually don’t know where to go with all of this. (In fact,from Edward Lando by John Koenig
sari added 1y ago
- Conviction is the rarest resource in the world.
- Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.
from When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
Alara added 1y ago
- One of my (many) contrarian beliefs is that we do not have strong enough preferences. We often blame social media or the speed of information as the reason why we’re easily distracted, but the real reason behind our inability to focus has less to do with the sheer quantity of media and more to do with our laziness when it comes to distinguishing wh... See more
sari added 1y ago
- Every day I talk to smart young people who want to work in tech or become founders. And I ask them a simple and obvious question—one that should be instinctual to answer. Not about their revenue goals or their product or how they’re going to scale a team from 5 to 50. But a more essential question: What do you believe? Why will people follow you? I... See more
from How to Win the Fight for America by Katherine Boyle
sari added 1y ago
on the importance of having high agency beliefs + conviction
Ideas related to this collection