Personal mastery
Meta skills towards continual self improvement. Self awareness, learning, unlearning, emotional intelligence, discipline, commitment, adaptability, clarity, good judgment
Personal mastery
We need to be strong in a moment of crisis by saying, yes, it can be done. And if we’re in a race between bad catastrophe and some kind of beginning prosperity for all — when you’re in a race that intense, you don’t want to sit down on the ground and start crying. Oh, we’ve lost already.
Quick Passages
Research shows that the best way to deal with negativity is to observe it, without reaction and without judgment. Then consciously label each negative feeling and replace it with positive, compassionate, and solution-based thoughts.
Chris Voss • Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
What would it mean to live more playfully? First, it would require us to reject work that is not intrinsically motivating and to build working conditions that are joyfully engaging. Second, it would require that we de-emphasise the importance of work for finding personal fulfilment and meaning in our lives. Despite work being central to who we are... See more
Alec Stubbs • The Achievement Society Is Burning Us Out, We Need More Play
- Back in the day, when I was interviewing on Wall Street,
there was a thing called a Superday,
which meant you had made it to the final rounds.
And so I went downtown New York City for my Superday,
where I had 10 two-on-one interviews back-to-back,
a long and grueling day,
but given my skillset, I actually had fun doing it.
And I left that evening... See more
there was a thing called a Superday,
which meant you had made it to the final rounds.
And so I went downtown New York City for my Superday,
where I had 10 two-on-one interviews back-to-back,
a long and grueling day,
but given my skillset, I actually had fun doing it.
And I left that evening... See more
Go practice your pitches - Pitching Yourself for Opportunity Video Tutorial | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com
Jodi Glickman’s story
“I believe . . . that everyone, of whatever age and circumstance, is capable of self-transformation.”
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
Pitch Framework
Pitch Framework to help individuals pitch themselves for opportunities by leading with their destination, bringing in their relevant backstory, and connecting the dots to earn a second conversation.
LinkA simple technique to pitch yourself
young workers who regularly quit their jobs and ended up better for it. “People who switch jobs more frequently early in their careers tend to have higher wages and incomes in their prime-working years,” one of the co-authors, the economics professor Henry Siu, told me. “Job-hopping is actually correlated with higher incomes, because people have
... See moreDerek Thompson • Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life
Alex Cornell transitioned from a background in music to product design (ex Meta, Linear, Substack)