What makes me tick
Our deepest reserves of resilience come from knowing that other people are counting on us.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Most people’s mental models of energy are flawed: they think there’s a ‘tank’ of energy that gets depleted as you spend it. This may be roughly true for physical energy, but mental energy is different: spending mental energy on things that you consider productive or important gives you more mental energy for other things: a positive feedback loop.
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i think maybe a useful tool for working is; whenever i start believing things are impossible, i am simply tired and need rest. i can begin again when i have the energy to believe in possibilities. i am not a negative person, i am just exhausted.
impostor syndrome is a paradox: Others believe in you You don’t believe in yourself Yet you believe yourself instead of them If you doubt yourself, shouldn’t you also doubt your low opinion of yourself?
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
ambition is the outcome6 you want to attain. Aspiration is the person you hope to become.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Reading and writing are usually best for critical thinking. Listening is ideal for understanding emotions, and doing is better for remembering information.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
‘When you buy something cheap and bad, the best you’re going to feel about it is when you buy it. When you buy something expensive and good, the worst you’re going to feel about it is when you buy it.’
Satyajit Rout • #113 - The funny ways we think about money
" an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will continue in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an external force ." This is also known as the law of inertia.
Anu Atluru • Writers Block
Worry, at its core, is the repetitious experience of a mind attempting to generate a feeling of security about the future, failing, then trying again and again and again – as if the very effort of worrying might somehow help forestall disaster.