Jennifer Baez
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Jennifer Baez
The hardest thing about this was that I loved the work. And I wanted to work hard. But doing something you love on a schedule you can’t control can feel the same as doing something you hate. There is a name for this feeling. Psychologists call it reactance. Jonah Berger, a marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania, summed it up well:
... See moreMorgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
“Enough” is not too little.
The idea of having “enough” might look like conservatism, leaving opportunity and potential on the table.
I don’t think that’s right.
“Enough” is realizing that the opposite—an insatiable appetite for more—will push you to the point of regret.
Reputation is invaluable.
Freedom and independence are invaluable.
Family and
... See moreMorgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
The Gaia Theory sees planets, at least the Earth, as more than just balls of rocks and mud. They don’t think that Earth has life on it. They theorize that Earth is life itself — it’s living. The Gaia theory states that living things and all their non-living and inorganic surroundings evolve together as a single complex living organism. This
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Hats protocol is a way to delegate individual roles to individual people. So many of the impact networks I've been involved with have been so good at bringing large numbers of people together to address those complex issues but then when it comes down to the level of actually consistently executing to get things done, they often struggle unless... See more
BanklessDAO • Impact Networks with David Ehrlichman | Green Pill #59
“Once a core belief is formed, you engage in what’s called a confirmation of bias; information that does not conform to your beliefs is discarded or ignored in favor of information that does.”
Dr. Nicole LePera • How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
“The real work has nothing to do with anything “out there.” It has everything to do with what’s in you. It comes from you.”
Dr. Nicole LePera • How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
By delaying the task of fleshing out and firming up the speech, King allowed Jones to benefit from the Zeigarnik effect. In 1927, Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik demonstrated that people have a better memory for incomplete than complete tasks. (Page 99)
Adam Grant • Originals – Adam Grant
Because of feedback delays within complex systems, by the time a problem becomes apparent may be unnecessarily difficult to solve.