Good Traits
exploring good character traits, personalities, etc
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Good Traits
People who don't pause exist more in their head than their body. The mind is top-down, rigid, quick, enforcing an established view. The mind is waiting for the other person to be done so they can say what’s rattling around inside. The body is slower, needs more time, and then words bubble up organically, one after another, without planning. People ... See more
shani • 21 observations from people watching
Design talk:
Too much consistency will ruin your app.
Humans are naturally drawn to experiences that create a strong sense of place. This demands variety, and it’s a critical concept many designers miss.
Here’s one of my go-to frames I use with teams to master this…
Think of each section of an app like a room in a house. All rooms should belong... See more
“Respectfully interacting with people you disagree with” and “Getting to the point”.
People with very high expectations have very low resilience
via Jensen Huang: I’ve seen plenty of straight-A Ivy-league students struggle when they enter the real world.
A biographer of the novelist 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.” Imagine how good it would be to be that guy.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
I spent the last month trying to answer the impossible question:
What makes someone likable?
Below, I break down 9 techniques that will help you dial up the charisma in your everyday life:
I know that being silly is a gift. You un-taboo silliness for everyone around you.
Underrated: people who make you believe that anything is possible.
"Remember that buying s**t is not the same as having swag. Remember that having cool interests beyond cool clothes, and doing good deeds besides putting together sick outfits (which, to be clear, is a good deed), will make your clothes look better on you"
h/t BLKBRD_Spyplane