shifting perspectives
things that make you change the way you see something
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shifting perspectives
Stress happens when something you care about is at stake. It's not a sign to run away - it's a sign to step forward.
Kelly McGonigal • The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and H…
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.
Outcomes are what count; don’t let good process excuse bad results.
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
I think “accomplishments” are traps. Accomplishments, by their very definition, exist only in the past or future—which are not even real things.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy • Growth Without Goals
FOMO is good. Being plugged in is good. There is valuable info at all levels from twitter gossip to philosophy books. You should stay plugged in. You can manage anxiety and beat the House without resorting to shaming social platforms into managing attention for you. That's a terrible yielding of agency.
Venkatesh Rao • Against Waldenponding - by Venkatesh Rao Against Waldenponding
I heard someone say, “we treat the adoption industry as if it’s there to provide wannabe parents with children, and not children with safe homes.” and when I tell you I’ve never had a world view change so fast
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