Tom Schmidt

A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time—most people don’t even try, and just accept that things are the way that they are.

People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching a... See more

You get to pick a new career based on one factor: Your job is to do the activity that most frequently puts you into a flow state.

Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days -- from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a "burger refill" at a restaurant -- Jiang desensitized himself to the pain and shame that rejection often brings and, in the process, discovered that simply asking for what you wan... See more

• The best way to criticize something is to make something better.

• What helped you get here that you need to give away?


• Who are you when you are the best to yourself in the world around you?


• What is the beautiful question that you’ve cradled through years of doubt – which is too precious to ask – that you are afraid the answer will come back as ‘no’?


• What would you be if you failed to be yourself?


• What promise did you

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When o3 Plans Your Career Better Than You Do

Watch AI write my five-year roadmap, then grab the step-by-step template to do it yourself

by Katie Parrott

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I’ve always hated the question, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” Answering... See more

"Not everything blooms in spring. Your season might be autumn.

Keep going."

Philosopher Baltasar Gracián on giving advice:

“When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.”