Personal mastery
Meta skills towards continual self improvement. Self awareness, learning, unlearning, emotional intelligence, discipline, commitment, adaptability, clarity, good judgment
Personal mastery
Superforecasters’ online interactions are exercises in extremely polite antagonism, disagreeing without being disagreeable.
(Journalist) David Epstein • Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
“Let’s see how von Karajan’s 1975 recording of the second movement of the Seventh Symphony differs from his 1963 recording,” or “I wonder if the brass section of the Chicago Symphony is really better than the Berlin brasses?” Having set such goals, a listener becomes an active experience that provides constant feedback (e.g., “von Karajan has
... See moreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
a ‘slow hunch’ – the anti-‘lightbulb moment,’ the idea that comes into focus over decades, not seconds.
Steven Johnson • How We Got to Now
Vocabulary gets in the way sometimes. Design is not just a profession. A customer is not only a person who buys something. A product is not just a physical object or software that you sell.
Tony Fadell • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making - The New York Times bestseller
We learn more from people who challenge our thought process than those who affirm our conclusions. Strong leaders engage their critics and make themselves stronger. Weak leaders silence their critics and make themselves weaker. This reaction isn’t limited to people in power. Although we might be on board with the principle, in practice we often
... See moreAdam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Billie Jean King says it’s all about what you want to look back and say. I agree with her. You can look back and say, “I could have been . . . ,” polishing your unused endowments like trophies. Or you can look back and say, “I gave my all for the things I valued.” Think about what you want to look back and say. Then choose your mindset.
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
When physical vigor fails with age, for example, it means that one will be ready to turn one’s energies from the mastery of the external world to a deeper exploration of inner reality.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Happiness
One former client, who is now the CEO of a health-care company, said if he had to identify one key element of his career success, it was realizing early on that every new role in his career carried its own particular purpose. Whether the new role came from a promotion or from a move to a different organization, his first task was always to get very
... See moreAmy Jen Su • The Leader You Want to Be
Talking or writing about the things you're interested in is a good way to generate new ideas. When you try to put ideas into words, a missing idea creates a sort of vacuum that draws it out of you. Indeed, there's a kind of thinking that can only be done by writing.