On becoming
by Britt Gage and · updated 4mo ago
On becoming
- Shifts in values and beliefs slowly change the topography of our cultural landscape, but in some places we experience landslides that happen so quickly, we can lose our bearings. Cultural borders that we thought fell in one place now, strangely, fall in another, and the way we measure the distance between our values requires an update.
The spaces in... See morefrom Creating New Units of Culture
Britt Gage added 8mo ago
- One of my mentors, Joe Hudson, goes a step further with what he calls the “Golden Algorithm.” It’s the idea that any problem you’re experiencing has a corresponding emotion you’re trying to avoid. By evading that feeling, you’re actually more likely to amplify it.
from The Best Decision- Making Is Emotional by Jonny Miller
Britt Gage added 9mo ago
- While talking to a friend earlier this week, I realized that many of my best projects started out as what seemed like a distraction from more pressing work – ignoring my email inbox to read an interesting thread on Twitter or abandonning a work presentation for an hour to grab a coffee with a colleague.
These so-called distractions would plant the s... See morefrom Superhuman
Britt Gage added 5mo ago
- The best way to control your emotional capital is to fine tune your internal monologue and replace your hunger for approval with a desire to grow.
from Check your Pulse #49 by Sari Az
Britt Gage added 8mo ago
- These experiences reminded me of a framework developed by Noel Burch (but often attributed to Abraham Maslow). This simple four-step model holds the key to acquiring proficiency at a skill, including how to approach mastery as a speaker.
from When striving to be “unconscious” serves you by JD Schramm
Britt Gage added 1y ago
- I would go as far as to say our greatness depends on the intensity of our focus. The thing is - long stretches of focused thought don’t yield overnight results. It takes years to make things that seemingly manifest in days.
from Things I'm thinking about by sari azout
Britt Gage added 8mo ago
- Be kind, even if you are right
Try softer, not harder, to change someone's mind.from Principles for Sharing on the Internet by sari azout
Britt Gage added 9mo ago
- The planning fallacy describes our natural bias when forecasting our own productivity: we focus on the best-case scenario, or something dangerously close to it. Rarely does that scenario play out.
from Why You Should Plan To Get Less Done by David Epstein
Britt Gage added 9mo ago
From David Epstein — “Now I put one single thing atop the day’s list that, if accomplished, will mean the workday was a clear step in the right direction. Perhaps I’ll put a bonus thing or two lower down, but I want to leave room for mental meandering and rabbit holes, as well as for the occasional water in the basement. I’ve found that, rather than acting like a check-list, the to-do list has basically become a beacon — a reminder of the thing I should be focusing on. (And on the off chance that I somehow find myself ahead, I don’t seem to have trouble coming up with other things to do.) When it was a list with a dozen items, I had a tendency to start with the easy ones so that I could check something off, not the important one or two.”
THE TRUTH MUST DAZZLE GRADUALLY
OR EVERY MAN BE BLIND
— Emily Dickinsonfrom Long Distance Thinking by Simon Sarris
Britt Gage added 6mo ago