Thought provoking
People would rather avoid losses than accept gains.
There’s something deeply satisfying about doing a great job, to the best of your ability. No matter whether you’re a solo entrepreneur, or at a hot startup, or massive company. Entry level or VP. The first recognition has to come from yourself.
Cure for Loneliness
Belonging
Purpose
Service
Thought - Are these the same things for a company culture?
Surgeon General on Adam Grant podcast
In the Kingdom of Man, the seas are ribboned with plastic, the forests are burning, the cities bulge with billionaires and tented camps, and still we kneel before the idol of the great god Economy as it grows and grows like a cancer cell. And what if this ancient faith is not an obstacle after all, but a way through? As we see the consequences of... See more
We all have 24 hours in a day, but we don’t know how many 24 hours days we will get.
Simon Sinek Podcast - December 3, 2024
GOD’S SILENCE When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of “No answer.” It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, “Peace, child; you don’t understand.” —from A Grief Observed For
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Most of the people we try to impress are busy trying to impress someone else.
The spotlight effect is the habit of overestimating how much others focus on us. We don't see how preoccupied they are with themselves.
True confidence stems from self-respect, not social approval.
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