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procrastination is a sub-type of reactivity (resistance to felt emotions).
reactivity, as a category, cant be one-shotted (canonically)
one isnt resisting the situation itself, they're resisting the sensations arising from it either via narrative (thought) or distractions https://t.co/wSQghVEhBw
This passage from Steven Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From, which is discussing Darwin’s use of keeping a commonplace book (a practice I have always loved myself) as a vital part of where his most important ideas came from, just jumped off the page at me:
“The great minds of the period —Milton, Bacon, Locke were zealous believers in the memory-en
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WHOA.
Yes- Microsoft laid off 6,000 people BUT... they dropped a pretty brutal new policy overhaul:
-2-year rehire ban for anyone pushed out over performance
-A new “good attrition” metric (yes, they track if they’re happy you’re gone)
PLUS... you have 5 days to choose:
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Robert Hass, from “February: Question” in “February Notebooks: The Rains,” Summer Snow: New Poems (Ecco, 2020) https://t.co/rMULECESja
I've been thinking about Venture aesthetics a lot
Most are nothing burgers, but there are a few that are shifting or are clearly stuck in the mud
So I've been collecting website screenshots to categorize them
I'm curious how they'll change over these next few years https://t.co/MSooQjN1kJ
“Your job, throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself.”
― Glennon Doyle
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