Thought provoking
Too Much Of A Good Thing
This is known as an inverted-U curve:
In their paper, Too Much of a Good Thing, the psychologists Adam Grant and Barry Schwartz reveal the inverted-U-shaped relationship between nearly everything of consequence. Rooted in the ancient philosopher Aristotle’s famous concept of “the golden mean”—“happiness and success are a... See more
This is known as an inverted-U curve:
In their paper, Too Much of a Good Thing, the psychologists Adam Grant and Barry Schwartz reveal the inverted-U-shaped relationship between nearly everything of consequence. Rooted in the ancient philosopher Aristotle’s famous concept of “the golden mean”—“happiness and success are a... See more
SIX at 6: The Inverted-U, Killing Pleasure, The Goldilocks Zone, Too Much Cake, Immigrants To Wealth, and Enough
Billy Oppenheimer
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"When dreaming, imagine success.
When preparing, imagine failure.
When acting, imagine success."
"When dreaming, imagine success.
When preparing, imagine failure.
When acting, imagine success."
3-2-1: How to learn faster, what you put into the world, and the value of numerous attempts
"The key is to enjoy hanging out on the edge. That is, you find it interesting to attempt things one step beyond where you are right now. It could be the edge of your ability or the edge of your knowledge or the edge of your network.
If you reach — but just a little — and you do it every week, then you'll take on challenges that are manageable... See more
If you reach — but just a little — and you do it every week, then you'll take on challenges that are manageable... See more
3-2-1: On acting with confidence, the different types of age, and the importance of momentum
"If you do not actively choose a better way, then society, culture, and the general inertia of life will push you into a worse way. The default is distraction, not improvement."
3-2-1: How to learn faster, what you put into the world, and the value of numerous attempts
because of their propensity to hop domains, generalists tend to possess a wide set of shallow skills. But measuring them against their rudimentary coding abilities or their working knowledge of French baking technique misses their true advantage: the ability to adapt to new situations, and the desire to do so.
Why Generalists Own the Future
Reaching our boundaries is not the same as limiting our growth. Sometimes we find our edges and an amazing thing happens; capacity is rebuilt, old wounds are healed and we grow further and more beautifully than before. The process is analogous to mineral growth in rock. Without a surface and a set of containing edges, minerals that we prize for... See more
Donald Winnicott • Article
“This Is Good”
In front of large audience of people “considering some kind of life or career in the world of ideas,” as he put it, the economist Tyler Cowen asked Camille Paglia to offer a piece of advice based on her many years of soldiering through adversity, rejection, and failure before eventually emerging in her mid-40s as a successful and
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