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counterintuitive by nature. The things we’re told are “counterintuitive” or “paradoxical” are either false or poorly explained.

David Bessis • Mathematica

In fact, that was the fate of a leader, he later joked—to earn a bad reputation while doing good things.

Ryan Holiday • Right Thing, Right Now

The most striking thing about this situation was the extent to which Jim and Laurie completely misunderstood each other.

So called “Fuck Around And Find Out” Parenting is actually an incoherent mix of reasonable natural consequences “If you don’t eat what I made, you can wait until the next meal to eat” as well as cruel and ineffective overreactive consequences “I’m throwing your toys away if you leave them on the floor.” As usual, pare... See more

Dr. Camilo Ortiz 👨🏼‍🎓x.com

I think leaders have misunderstood people long enough, and the pipeline of "connecting" has been broken for a long time; we're starting to see such frequent breakdowns because of that now. We advise every client to keep us as retainers in an advisory role because smart strategy is consistently needed, especially from an unbiased third party. The mo... See more

🤔🔮 The Late 2020s Survival Guide 🔮🤔

The entire drama of life on earth is: Skaz -Headed Person #1 steps outside, where he encounters Skaz -Headed Person #2. Both, seeing themselves as the center of the universe, thinking highly of themselves, immediately slightly misunderstand everything.

Maria Popova • How to Love the World More: George Saunders on the Courage of Uncertainty

You can know a thing to death and be for all purposes completely ignorant of it. A man can know his father, or his son, and there might still be nothing between them but loyalty and love and mutual incomprehension. My point in mentioning this is only to say that people who feel any sort of regret where you are concerned will suppose you are angry,

Marilynne Robinson • Gilead

The most bitter people you’ll ever meet are white-collar workers in their late 30s who took gifted classes in elementary school and AP classes in high school, got 3.8 GPAs in college, and now make $150-200k in corporate middle-management jobs after failing to develop the personality or the social skills requisite for leadership and authority.___LIN... See more

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