Manifesto
The key question is not how long people have done a job. It’s how well they can learn to do a job.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
elevate people who put the mission above their ego—and prioritize team cohesion over personal glory.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
beware of mistaking past accomplishments and experience for future potential. Background and talent determine where people start, but character skills shape how far they can climb.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
If I had to put the recipe for genius into one sentence, that might be it: to have a disinterested obsession with something that matters.
Paul Graham • The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius
If you’re looking to create a timeless sense of purpose and to shape the overall mission of your life, then you should use principles. Establishing a set of principles creates a compass to which you can refer whenever something is in doubt or you need to take a stand or evaluate any particular opportunity, behavior, or situation.
Just a moment...
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.”
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Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
A quote by Mark Twain
If you're unsatisfied you have two options. Change your experience or change your relationship to experience. The first is agency, the second is spirituality. Both capacities are important, and it takes a lifetime to get the balance right
Jason Snyder • Tweet
We don’t believe in busyness at Basecamp. We believe in effectiveness. How little can we do? How much can we cut out? Instead of adding to-dos, we add to-don’ts.