Personal mastery
Meta skills towards continual self improvement. Self awareness, learning, unlearning, emotional intelligence, discipline, commitment, adaptability, clarity, good judgment
Personal mastery
What has been your biggest mistake, what was the lesson learned from it?
Originally Answered: What has been your biggest mistake and the lesson learned from it?
The general class of mistake has been to focus on the wrong things.
I generally let myself get a little bit too overcommitted, which causes me to not spend enough time thinking about what I... See more
Originally Answered: What has been your biggest mistake and the lesson learned from it?
The general class of mistake has been to focus on the wrong things.
I generally let myself get a little bit too overcommitted, which causes me to not spend enough time thinking about what I... See more
Quora Session with Sam Altman
Sam Altman
Do not grieve over past joys, be sure they will reappear in another form. A child’s joy is in milk and nursing but once weaned, it finds new joy in bread and honey. Joy appears in many different forms it moves from place to place. It may suddenly show in the falling rain or in the rose bed; it comes now as water, now as beauty, or as nourishing
... See moreRumi, Marayam H Mafi, • Rumi's Little Book of Life
Burnout
This X post by Emmett Shear (most famous for being CEO of Twitch) had a huge impact on how I think about burnout.
Emmett describes 3 main causes of burnout (paraphrased):
This X post by Emmett Shear (most famous for being CEO of Twitch) had a huge impact on how I think about burnout.
Emmett describes 3 main causes of burnout (paraphrased):
- Permanent On-call: Never having true time off, because work can always reach you (or in the case of very intense jobs, because the work never actually ends). I had always
Stay SaaSy • Advice That I Can't Get Out of My Head
How are some people ‘burn-out’ proof?
A great insight by Lisa Feldman Barrett: When someone expresses anxiety, the first thing you should do is ask: do you want empathy or do you want a solution?
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there are three tools you can use to unlock your creative genius. Run an energizer. This is a quick exercise that can get you (or anyone who wants to participate) to laugh and relax. This frees your brain up from tiresome “executive functions” like weekly meetings and reports, and gives you access to the unrelated knowledge and experience that can
... See morehbr.org • So, You Think You’re Not Creative?
Using the SCARF model, you can have a better understanding of what needs aren’t being met and why you’re being triggered. This will help you not scratch the itch or react without thinking.
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Amy Jen Su • The Leader You Want to Be
One potential antidote you present to conflating one’s identity with the work they do is what you refer to as “diversifying your meaning-making portfolio.” I think most people feel that they could be devoting more time to their hobbies and communities (and anything else outside of paid employment
“What important truth do very few people agree with you on?”
Peter Thiel • Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future
create a Braintrust. Every creative person, no matter their field, can draft into service those around them who exhibit the right mixture of intelligence, insight, and grace. “You can and should make your own solution group,” Andrew Stanton says, adding that on each of his own films, he has made a point of doing this on a smaller scale, separate
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