Reza Saeedi
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Reza Saeedi
I suspect the key to charisma is to like people. All politicians smile when they're working a crowd, but the really charismatic ones don't have to remember to smile. Their smiles are genuine, because they're enjoying themselves. If you look at photographs of Clinton in a crowd, time and again you see him stretching way out to reach people's hands--... See more
Paul Graham • What Charisma Is
A player's ability to complete their quest is a function of the quest and their own skills, resources, and powers. Quests that are easy for certain players are nearly impossible for others: Olympic runners will regularly run sub-5 minute miles during training, even though this would be an incredibly ambitious goal for most people.
Markie Wagner • Choose Good Quests
Passion creates, addiction consumes.
– Gabor Maté
– Gabor Maté
Since it is difficult to find a quest that is easy and good , most people optimizing for an easy goal will end up on a quest that is both easy and bad. Now, the degree of “bad” varies depending on who you are, and what you can do.
Markie Wagner • Choose Good Quests
Be a disappointment
The older I get, the more convinced I become that it’s a critical life-skill – at least if you’re roughly the sort of person I am – to get better at disappointing other people.
I don’t just mean you should go easier on yourself when you catch yourself feeling bad for falling short of others’ expectations (although you should do ... See more
The older I get, the more convinced I become that it’s a critical life-skill – at least if you’re roughly the sort of person I am – to get better at disappointing other people.
I don’t just mean you should go easier on yourself when you catch yourself feeling bad for falling short of others’ expectations (although you should do ... See more
The Imperfectionist: Be a disappointment
excitement and nervousness are so closely linked that your body can’t tell the difference. the only difference is the label. next time you feel nervous, call it excitement instead.