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Developing another human5
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To figure that out, we have to get good at seeing human thinking in 3D.

Making sense of experience seems to be one of the fundamental drives in human nature. This need for meaning is irrepressible and ongoing. Its ranges

The earliest tier, the preconventional, is rarely encountered in professional contexts as we expect these to be traversed in childhood and left behind

Things that make a lot of sense6
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42 A GENERAL THEORY OF LOVE dangers-a tacit embodiment of Pasteur's germ theory of disease, disgust affirms the invisible likelihood of contamination

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Leadership advice1
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It is accepted wisdom within Silicon Valley that, as Marc Andreessen puts it, “agreeableness is a problem for innovation.” In my own studies of famous

Binary Thinking1

What it is and how to get out of it

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MSCHF didn’t make any money from the ATM. They never displayed it again. It was seen in person by, at most, a few thousand people. So it might appear

Living From Possibility8

What would a life lived from possibility look like as opposed to a life of problem-solving

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The point is to try and step outside of your existing framework for thinking about how you approach (some set of) things, and to perceive how your pas

In life design we know that there are countless possibilities but aren’t stymied by that fact. We revel in exploring a few possibilities, then taking

Stated another way, freedom to win is freedom to get smarter in the sense of a given finite game. Freedom in a finite-game sense is always freedom-to

That's in part because our beliefs about it not only help make the world what it is, but make us who we are. No single overarching theory of truth can

freedom1
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Stated another way, freedom to win is freedom to get smarter in the sense of a given finite game. Freedom in a finite-game sense is always freedom-to

Ambition1
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Ambition comes in two forms, one that precedes interest in the subject and one that grows out of it. Most people who do great work have a mix, and the

The Self-Transforming Couple10
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Differentiation is the ability to stay in connection without being consumed by the other person.

Differentiation is the ability to maintain your sense of self when you are emotionally and/or physically close to others— especially as they become in

Differentiation occurs by maintaining yourself in the presence of important persons, not by getting away from them. The difference between running awa

skillful communication1
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Great Decisions1
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The fastest decisions I’ve ever made are ones where I was confident in my taste; the slowest decisions I’ve made (or have yet to make) are ones where

Developing taste2
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The fastest decisions I’ve ever made are ones where I was confident in my taste; the slowest decisions I’ve made (or have yet to make) are ones where

Creative Process2
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how can my creative superpowers as an artist be channeled into giving extraordinary value and service to others, while sharing my ethos & philosophy a

The process of cultivating taste is a lot like the writing and editing process. Here’s George Saunders on the revision process. “The way I revise is:

Relationships4
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You don't build relationships talking about what you think. You build relationships by speaking yourself, and listening self; listening for the self t

The We is responsible One frame that I’ve found really helpful for creating continuity between I and We is this: I am responsible for taking care

It seems to me that egos emerge in order to take care of our needs in contexts where we don’t trust the strategy of surrendering to the We. The parado

Understanding Self6

Quotes and notes to prompt recognition of their true self beyond the survival.

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Generosity will break your heart. It will heal your Love threshold. You will realize that everybody needs your love. You don’t have to love everybody.

Why do you suppose it takes courage? The more frightened you are, the more courage it takes. The more forceful you are the more frightened you are.

Place a penny on the middle of one of your tables in Space; and leaning over it, look down upon it. It will appear a circle. But now, drawing back to

Resistance, according to Schelling, is not a separate force, but comes fom the flow itself, and enables the unfolding of what in it is always potentia

Coaching3
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I don't see with my eyes. I see with my mouth. That is to say, I see with language. Things occur as they occur because of language. What distinguishin

Our role as coaches is to help our clients create B-prime—something that is better than they could imagine for themselves when they began to work with

“There world that we have made as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far creates problems that we cannot solve at the same level we c

Things to come back to when I’m feeling meh1
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Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create. Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.