positive sum thinking
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positive sum thinking
What I appreciate most about the talent stack is that it opens us to more positive-sum games. Rather than competing head-on and trying to climb one global summit, the talent stack empowers us to be the best version of ourselves. It’s a lesson I wish they taught in school. It is the ultimate escape from competition.
Linda • How to develop your talent stack
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.
How to be more positive sum:
use envy as inspiration
If you have an apple and I have an apple, and we exchange apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea, and we exchange ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
George Bernard Shaw
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
there is enough for everyone → abundance mindset
I deeply dislike this zero sum approach to love and intend to devote my life to disproving it. I’m willing to bet good money (or support) that if you try giving those you love the acknowledgement that they clearly need, you’ll find that you probably possess a lot more love to give than you thought.
Molly Mielke • Feeling seen · Molly Mielke
never badmouth your competition. it makes you look insecure.