Matt O'Donnell
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On a never-ending search for interesting things
Matt O'Donnell
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“Under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training
Amanda Schwartz Ramirez • Invest in Yourself (Dear, New Ops Leader | Part 5)
Shame is a hidden emotion that is not only destructive but grows powerful the more we hide it.
getmatter.com • Book Summary: The Gift of Imperfection
Before jumping into a new project, make sure that your plans aren’t driven by an emotional, knee-jerk reaction based on fear or social comparison.
hbr.org • Where We Go Wrong with Collaboration
Your sanity depends on you finding the comedy in the chaos
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
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."
If I wake up and touch my phone, I’ve already lost hours. Not because I’m browsing social media for hours, but because the mind has already been agitated, made unquiet, and the context switch back into thoughtfulness can take the whole morning. In other words, the addict part of my brain takes over and contaminates my ability to be contemplative. I... See more
