Personal mastery
Meta skills towards continual self improvement. Self awareness, learning, unlearning, emotional intelligence, discipline, commitment, adaptability, clarity, good judgment
Personal mastery
Trusting Your Gut
My favorite advice about the role of feelings in decision-making is this short Quora post by Auren Hoffman (founder/CEO of LiveRamp). The concise summary of the advice is: “You should trust your gut to avoid things, but you should use data to decide to take action.”
My favorite advice about the role of feelings in decision-making is this short Quora post by Auren Hoffman (founder/CEO of LiveRamp). The concise summary of the advice is: “You should trust your gut to avoid things, but you should use data to decide to take action.”
Stay SaaSy • Advice That I Can't Get Out of My Head
Just ‘going with the flow’ drains the purpose from your work and life, makes personal and professional relationships seem tenuous and uncertain, and almost guarantees that you’ll fail to live with intention. All this means you may not accomplish things you’d really like to accomplish.
Susan David • Emotional Agility
“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
It’s vital that you bring an attitude of nonjudgment and self-compassion to the endeavor of spectating your experience. You’ll hinder your own efforts if you get caught up in self-blame, self-criticism, or self-pity. The irony is that our habit of being hard on ourselves is often the very thing we need to become aware of through self-spectating—and
... See moreAmy Jen Su • The Leader You Want to Be
Everyone should write. Why? Because everyone is full of ideas they’re not aware of. This means they’re also unaware of the value of their ideas, and this value can only be unlocked via writing.
Passages Saved From iOS
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?
If we accept that what we see and know is inevitably flawed, we must strive to find ways to heighten that awareness—to fill in the gaps,
Ed Catmull • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
trust hierarchy to build relationships
Build trust with people before you need to have a difficult conversation with them.
There’s a hierarchy of steps that you can follow to build trust with anyone in your company. From the easiest to the hardest, these steps are:
Listen well
Show you care about them as a person
Seek to understand their point of view
En... See more
Build trust with people before you need to have a difficult conversation with them.
There’s a hierarchy of steps that you can follow to build trust with anyone in your company. From the easiest to the hardest, these steps are:
Listen well
Show you care about them as a person
Seek to understand their point of view
En... See more