shifting perspectives
things that make you change the way you see something
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shifting perspectives
Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don't get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones.
Gurwinder • 25 Useful Ideas for 2025
The more defensive you are about a belief you have, the more likely that that belief is standing in the way of your freedom.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
People don’t want you to be perfect.
What they want is to feel connected to you.
What they want is to feel connected to you.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
Most Stanford students fail this challenge. Here's what we can learn from their mistakes.
You’re a student in a Stanford class on entrepreneurship.
Your professor walks into the room, breaks the class into different teams, and gives each team five dollars in funding. Your goal is to make as much money as possible within two hours and then give a
... See morePossibly the most counterintuitive thing in life is that if you’re tired, you can work out to gain more energy.
Perfection is a paradox—you can never become perfect, and you already are perfect. A perfectionist in an adaptive mindset believes both those statements are true. A perfectionist in a maladaptive mindset believes both those statements are false.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
The curse of the Michelin star
economist.com
When a restaurant gets a Michelin star: Customer expectations rise, employee wage demands rise, suppliers expect you to pay more, and the restaurant is more likely to go out of business in the ensuing years.