Jennifer Baez
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Jennifer Baez
Ultimately, the people who choose to champion originality a ones who propel us forward. After spending years studying them and interacting with them, I am struck that their inner experiences a not any different from our own. They feel the same fear, the same doubt, as the rest of us. What sets them apart is that they take action anyway. They know
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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
The ability to recognize and design for emergence is a cornerstone element of systems thinking
August Bradley • Systems Thinking Intro – Notion Productivity Series
It's easier to learn about a system's elements than about its interconnections. Many of the interconnections in systems operate through the flow of information. Information holds systems together and plays a great role in determining how they operate. Many interconnections are flows of information signals that go to decision points or action points
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The large numbers of workers who have left their jobs in movements such as the US Great Resignation or the Lying Flat protest groups in China show there is demand for shorter working hours and more humane and meaningful work. Nonetheless, political parties that have put forward degrowth ideas have received limited support in elections. That begs
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More than 2,000 books are dedicated to how Warren Buffett built his fortune. Many of them are wonderful. But few pay enough attention to the simplest fact: Buffett’s fortune isn’t due to just being a good investor, but being a good investor since he was literally a child.
As I write this Warren Buffett’s net worth is $84.5 billion. Of that, $84.2
... See moreMorgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
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Psychology research is clear that the most reliable way to overcome psychological pain and discomfort is not to avoid it; it’s to gradually dimish the effects of discomfort by systematic exposure. “Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it,” write Haidt and Lukianoff.
In other words, the more you face cognitive friction, the
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