positive sum thinking
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positive sum thinking
To really like my work I have to look at it with different eyes. I have to forget everyone who did it better or faster, and remind myself that no one has ever done it quite the way I have. I have to remind myself that the people I compare myself to probably compare themselves to others and that if they let their self-doubt keep them from creating... See more
Jenny Lawson (thebloggess) • Trial and error and error and error.
How to be more positive sum:
use envy as inspiration
Concerns about population growth are emerging again. A 2020 survey found that 39 percent of youth worldwide are hesitant to have children in the future because of climate change.
Even Ehrlich is still at it. In October 2021, he wrote to the editors of Nature that scientists needed to get off of their “peacetime footing” to limit and prevent... See more
Even Ehrlich is still at it. In October 2021, he wrote to the editors of Nature that scientists needed to get off of their “peacetime footing” to limit and prevent... See more
The environment needs more people, not fewer
this is provocative and probably true.
We prospered in an AND world, not an OR world. We could succeed AND others could succeed.
Reconsider
Those who can ask without shame are viewing themselves in collaboration with—rather than in competition with—the world
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Education is positive sum—when I learn something, I can share with others.
But Harvard etc are zero sum—the more people that go, the less valuable the credential is.