Matt O'Donnell

@modonnell

On a never-ending search for interesting things

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Avoid activities that give you the sugar rush of accomplishment for accomplishment’s sake.

hbr.org • Where We Go Wrong with Collaboration

The more you react, the more you’re manipulated

Tiago Forte x.com

How to Be (Reasonably) Hard on Yourself

Nat Eliason blog.nateliason.com

It’s Good
It Can Be Better
Eventually it Will Be Good Enough
Next Time Will Be Even Better

Easy to spot a yellow car when you are always thinking of a yellow car. Easy to spot opportunity when you are always thinking of opportunity. Easy to spot reasons to be mad when you are always thinking of being mad. You become what you constantly think about.... See more

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Jim Simons: "I’m not an extremely fast thinker myself; I just work hard."

That was all I needed to do—work hard, not fast. A paper I published in '68 took me five years. But it has had 1,850 citations. For a math paper, that’s an awful lot.

There’s too much emphasis on a person’s being able to answer questions quickly."

Too many people think freedom is the ability to do anything you want, instead of the discipline to not be a slave to your compulsions.

Ayishat Akanbi x.com

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