Jason Shen
@jasonshen
Exec coach helping founders and creative leaders rebound and reinvent so they do more of what matters most.
Jason Shen
Like girls, boys openly express their desire for genuine connections with others, including with boys. They reveal the human capacity for mutual understanding, care, and empathy and demonstrate remarkably astute abilities to read the human world. Yet as they reach middle to late adolescence and as expectations of manhood intensify, they begin to... See more
From A Crisis of Connection
In fact, people with extreme traits can often structure their lives in such a way that they can trade on the ways they’re exceptional, leaving no persistent reason to address some particular deficit they have. And, generally, people are savvy enough to hide their dysfunction. People will disappoint you, eventually.
Sasha Chapin • Some Advice Gathered From People Smarter Than Me
people hide weaknesses
I really hope you give this workflow a try. It's been a delightful way for me to advance my writing efforts and with a bit of effort, you can start using AI to work for you and help you produce more high quality writing because you don't have to start from the blank page.
Jason Shen | Cultivating Resilience • 138: Effortless Essays
🚀 1. You don't need permission to go after wild dreams
Life is short and it's more fun when you're doing something bold. So if you have a grand vision you'd like to pursue, you already have permission to go after it.
As the child of immigrants, I felt like I had to play it safe to honor my parents' sacrifice, but now I see it in reverse: by swinging... See more
Life is short and it's more fun when you're doing something bold. So if you have a grand vision you'd like to pursue, you already have permission to go after it.
As the child of immigrants, I felt like I had to play it safe to honor my parents' sacrifice, but now I see it in reverse: by swinging... See more
177: Contagious Beliefs
Transforming Pain - A Daily Meditation by Fr. Richard Rohr
cac.org
If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it—usually to those closest to us: our family, our neighbors, our co-workers, and, invariably, the most vulnerable, our children.
Marc Andreessen explains why the “curse of the entrepreneur” is being too early
“My experience is the great founders almost always feel like they’re too late, and you’re almost always too early.”
The reason is because the idea seems obvious to the... See more
Startup Archivex.comMarc earns founders against being too early versus too late
When the gym resembles a walrus beach
Act as a Film Critic
Contributed by: @devisasari
I want you to act as a film critic. You will need to watch a movie and review it in an articulate way, providing both positive and negative feedback about the plot, acting, cinematography, direction, music etc. My first suggestion request is "I need help reviewing the sci-fi movie 'The Matrix' from... See more