Paul Sturrock
@psturrock
Founder climb.works
Paul Sturrock
nichenavigation.substack.com
Meredith got a giant piece of butcher paper and rolled it out over the long boardroom table. One by one she made a list of everything that needed to be done. Getting it out of the executives’ minds and onto the paper helped the team turn their tasks from amorphous anxieties into clear priorities.
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Nir Eyal • How to get better at navigating uncertainty
Chesky knew the pandemic would be a period of unprecedented uncertainty for the company. So one of the first things he did was create a list of six guiding principles for himself: Be decisive. Act with all stakeholders in mind. Preserve cash. Be the hero, not the villain. Overcommunicate. Win the next travel season.
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Nir Eyal • How to get better at navigating uncertainty
Certainty in some aspects of your life makes it easier to hold onto uncertainty in others. In your personal life, perhaps your anchors are a commitment to a person or a place. In your professional life, an anchor might be a commitment to your values or a commitment to serving a particular customer.
How to get better at navigating uncertainty
There is no tragedy in having to start again, as long as you start again.
- Albert Camus
Scott Barkersubstack.com
Almost every writer changes my mind – that is the point of reading.
if we cease to have any struggle in our lives, then our lives become empty. Because much like we evolved to crave convenience, we also evolved to exert ourselves on meaningful pursuits. The best lives contain a tension between both of these drives. Not everything should be hard. But not everything should be easy.
Brad Stulberg • Diabetes of the Soul
The neural activity associated with reward, along with the accompanying real-life feelings of accomplishment, was significantly greater in participants who viewed their effort as worthwhile. The more you believe your hard work matters, the more rewarding and satisfying you’ll find it.