Excellence / Mindset
Mindset
Excellence / Mindset
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Author Jim Murphy on presence:
“Passion is found in the present, while desire is focused on the future. When you desire a certain outcome, you are constantly judging whether that outcome will materialize or not. When you’re present, your focus is absolute in the moment.”
“Passion is found in the present, while desire is focused on the future. When you desire a certain outcome, you are constantly judging whether that outcome will materialize or not. When you’re present, your focus is absolute in the moment.”
Brain Food: Presence
Former Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi:
“Sometimes people say, “Oh, you flip-flop.” No, the environment changed. ... You cannot be dogmatic about your strategic direction. When the environment changes around you, you’ve got to zag a little bit."
“Sometimes people say, “Oh, you flip-flop.” No, the environment changed. ... You cannot be dogmatic about your strategic direction. When the environment changes around you, you’ve got to zag a little bit."
Brain Food: Presence
Kevin Kelly on patience:
“The patience you need for big things, is developed by your patience with the little things.”
“The patience you need for big things, is developed by your patience with the little things.”
Brain Food: Presence
Short-term results come from intensity. Long-term results come from consistency.
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Ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently doing the obvious thing for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.
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Working smart isn't the opposite of working hard. It's the result of working... See more
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Ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently doing the obvious thing for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.
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Working smart isn't the opposite of working hard. It's the result of working... See more
Brain Food: Presence
The best way to network is to do something interesting.
When you do interesting work in public, a network will form around you.
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If everyone likes you, you're doing something wrong.
Every time someone disapproves of you, your brain registers it as a survival threat. Evolution wired us to believe that rejection equals death. If the tribe kicked you... See more
When you do interesting work in public, a network will form around you.
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If everyone likes you, you're doing something wrong.
Every time someone disapproves of you, your brain registers it as a survival threat. Evolution wired us to believe that rejection equals death. If the tribe kicked you... See more
Insights
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Henry Ford on the key to life:
“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.”
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Coach Mike Krzyzewski on wanting the right thing:
“My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. When you attain excellence, success naturally follows.”
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Philip Roth on being wrong:
“You fight your... See more
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Henry Ford on the key to life:
“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.”
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Coach Mike Krzyzewski on wanting the right thing:
“My hunger is not for success, it is for excellence. When you attain excellence, success naturally follows.”
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Philip Roth on being wrong:
“You fight your... See more
Timing your overnight success
If it takes three to five years for a project to gain traction, it probably doesn’t pay to start a project that the world knows it needs right now.
The challenge is picking something the world will need then. And the hard part is patiently and persistently sticking with it despite the fact that it’s not on everyone’s... See more
If it takes three to five years for a project to gain traction, it probably doesn’t pay to start a project that the world knows it needs right now.
The challenge is picking something the world will need then. And the hard part is patiently and persistently sticking with it despite the fact that it’s not on everyone’s... See more
Timing success