Katharina Sommerkamp
@katsommerkamp
Katharina Sommerkamp
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs. It’s about deliberately choosing to be different. —Michael Porter
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
If you’re looking to create a timeless sense of purpose and to shape the overall mission of your life, then you should use principles. Establishing a set of principles creates a compass to which you can refer whenever something is in doubt or you need to take a stand or evaluate any particular opportunity, behavior, or situation.
Just a moment...
- Does this feel like something I’m uniquely capable of?
- Is this how I want to spend my time and energy?*
- What is the right shape/size for this project?
- What stresses does this add to my life?
- How should this feel if it’s going well?
Behzod Sirjani • Yet Another Year in Review - Year 03.5 — Behzod
An evolutionary characteristic called hedonic adaptation makes humans adjust and adapt to any situation, so we have to always look out for new things to be satisfied. We grow discontent with the same old, same old.
Nir and Far • Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
when we feel stuck on a problem, most of us fail to see how successful we’ll be if we just keep trying. We tend to believe that our creativity plummets over time
The key question is not how long people have done a job. It’s how well they can learn to do a job.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Weak leaders silence voice and shoot the messenger. Strong leaders welcome voice and thank the messenger. Great leaders build systems to amplify voice and elevate the messenger.
