Personal Development
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Personal Development
LessWrong
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Adam Gopnik: In my lexicon – which may be idiosyncratic but I think is also illuminating – “achievement”represents all the outer-directed, institutionally compelled things we do to advance our lives or those of our children. Getting grades, passing classes, pushing forward into select colleges. All of that. “Accomplishment” on the other hand, means... See more
Accomplishment vs. Achievement
accomplishment = inner-directed
achievement = outer-directed
I meet a lot of people searching for something (career, relationship, etc). And yet, when it’s put in front of them, they won’t pursue it because they fear pain (getting hurt, failure, etc.). So they unconsciously (and expensively) trade self protection for misery.
Shane Parrishtwitter.comCamp Calm – Mindfulness Made Clear
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The Counterintuitive Approach to Finding Happiness: Do the Painful Things First
James Clearjamesclear.com
We’re meant to experience emotional pain so we can release it. No other reason.
Dr. Steven Brownlowtwitter.comNatalie Audelo and