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An inspiration engine for ideas
Analyzing our culture's pathological impatience with learning and the critical need for contemplation and time to claim true knowledge.
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And yet you present this discovery to people that we wanted to know more about big ideas, that we want our brains to be stretched.
As a culture, you're right, we seem somehow bored with thinking. We want to instantly know. Right, right. I mean, you know, there's this epidemic of listicles. Why think about what constitutes a great work of art when
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If you do something like read a lot of books and talk to a lot of people, you can learn almost anything.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Pay attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. The friends who tell you what you want to hear might make you
Redefining service beyond traditional philanthropy to include environmental concerns and avoiding cause hierarchy debates
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Oscar Wilde. One would expect me to mention service in this chapter, and here it is.
Like all before it, the twist is a bit different. Service, to me, is simple. Doing something that improves life besides your own.
This is not the same as philanthropy. Philanthropy is the altruistic concern for the well-being of mankind,
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Exploring the concept of 'genius,' contrasting the healthy self-doubt required for growth with the historical idea of 'having a genius.'
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Right. And I want to ask you something, because I remember reading, I can't remember who it was who said, after, you know, having their first big success, they felt really unhappy and they felt really worried that like, has the biggest success I've ever had in my life happened? Like, and who am I now? I think that that kind of doubt is healthy. It
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The essential elements of improving communication skills: repetition, reflection, feedback, and overcoming self-judgment through consistent practice
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Have you learned things when you watch what you see? Yeah, I will listen to podcasts with guests. And I do listen to solos to try and see where I can improve.
I have one or two people who I seek feedback from, and I have always done my best to implement that feedback. I mean, I'm not going to share what some of the things were because some of it was
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Critiquing the 'genius' label, exploring healthy self-doubt, and contrasting modern views with the historical concept of 'having a genius'.
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and pretty soon we start to inflate egos into a trap of narcissism. Right.
And I want to ask you something, because I can't remember who it was who said, after, you know, having their first big success, they felt really unhappy and they felt really worried that like, has the biggest success I've ever had in my life happened? Like,
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