success
by Prashanth Narayan and · updated 10d ago
success
The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck | Michael Mauboussin | Talks at Google
andrea added 4mo ago
this talk will break your brain
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wholeness isn’t something we acquire by stacking achievements or checking boxes or acquiring products or consumer goods. And I worry about this because I have two small children myself. They are five and six, and I’m thinking often about the world that they’re growing up in and what is that world telling them about who they should be and what succe... See morefrom Vivek Murthy — To Be a Healer
Alara added 5mo ago
... See moreSuccess, Adele said she eventually realized, is like a “personality...[you have to consider] the whole package.” Your album can sweep the Grammys, but if you were miserable, lonely, sad, angry, and bitter while making it—was it truly a success? And conversely, your movie can flop, but if you loved making it, loved writing it, loved being with it, a
sari added 5mo ago
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
-Herodotus
sari added 6mo ago
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Kevin Kelly has this great idea that you need your own distinct definition of success. For me, success would be cultivating a very specific reputation. I'd like my reputation to be "talk to that guy and you'll leave energized, thinking about something new. Good things will happen, and it'll generally cost you nothing."from Tweet by Patrick OShaughnessy
sari added 6mo ago
The superheroes you have in your mind are nearly all walking flaws who’ve maximized 1 or 2 strengths. Humans are imperfect creatures. You don’t “succeed” because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them.
by Tim Ferriss
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