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As a graduate student just beginning to probe the psychology of success, I was interviewing leaders in business, art, athletics, journalism, academia, medicine, and law: Who are the people at the very top of your field? What are they like? What do you think makes them special?
Angela Duckworth • Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
In 1968, the year Intel opened shop, a psychology professor at the University of Maryland cast a theory that surely influenced Andy Grove. First, said Edwin Locke, “hard goals” drive performance more effectively than easy goals. Second, specific hard goals “produce a higher level of output” than vaguely worded ones. In the intervening half century,
... See moreJohn Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
Knowing People Is Mandatory.
RC Blakes Jr • Kingology: The Return Of The Kings
The psychologist James Marcia argues that there are four levels of identity creation. The healthiest people have arrived at what he calls “identity achievement.” They’ve explored different identities, told different stories about themselves, and finally settled on a heroic identity that works.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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Kleinberg was trying to understand network behavior. Page and Brin were building something.
Steven Levy • In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
But as Al takes on more complex, specialized tasks, the ability to synthesize information from different fields becomes crucial.
The goal is to become M-shaped, combining mastery across multiple fields with strong business and leadership skills. For exam-ple, a product manager might also become an online marketer and video editor. A finance manager
... See morehumans empowered to do what they do best without the prerequisite of years of specialized pattern recognition.