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flushing out the Black Swans—and exploiting them. Remember, your counterpart might not even know how important the information is, or even that they shouldn’t reveal it. So keep pushing, probing, and gathering information.
Tahl Raz • Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Affect (influence) vs. effect (accomplish)
• Compliment (praise) vs. complement (go well with)
• Discreet (careful) vs. discrete (distinct)
• Its (possessive) vs. it’s (it + is)
• Principle (rule) vs. principal (authority figure)
• They’re (they + are) vs. their (possessive) vs. there (adverb of place)
• Venomous (having a toxic bite or sting) vs.
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I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)
John Piper • Jesus Died for This Moment
One: You have to train yourself to notice things. It's not 100% natural at first – it certainly wasn’t for me – but raising those antennae is a very worthwhile thing to do. And it snowballs: once I got started taking notes, I ended up taking more and more of them.
Two: Be very liberal about what you keep. If you're going through your notes, cross
... See moresuperorganizers.substack.com • Tasting Notes with Robin Sloan - Superorganizers
When you lead, your real job is to create more leaders, not more followers.
Kevin Kelly • 103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known
From a practical standpoint, the biggest contributor to your errors and emotional volatility is what lies below the surface, such as flaws like:
Expecting to always be your best
The need to be right
Believing mistakes are inherently bad
Believing you are unlucky
The illusion of emotional control
Assuming the worst/best will happen (aka being a shitty... See more
Jared Tendler • Find the “Rocks” in Your Mind
Carey argued, Christians must expect great things — and not only must we expect them; we must attempt them. No matter how small the beginning, no matter how complicated the task, in the power of the Spirit, under the authority of the risen Christ, we can have absolute confidence in the success of our mission. In commissioning his church, Jesus had
... See moreRyan Griffith • Expect Great Things, Attempt Great Things
So let me say it again: the meekness of wisdom is open to reason — it is quick to listen to the reasons given by others for their opinions, and it is willing to give reasons for its own opinions. It cares about truth and whether others agree. And therefore it may become passionate and forceful. But it is always a servant. It is always submissive to
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If you repeated what you did today 365 more times will you be where you want to be next year?