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“To grow to adulthood as a social species, including humans, is not to become autonomous and solitary, it’s to become the one on whom others can depend. Whether we know it or not, our brain and biology have been shaped to favor this outcome.”
Brené Brown • Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
Adam Grant • PrinciplesYou From Ray Dalio
In a well-positioned expert firm, only a few employees within a given category should be able to change jobs without a thorough, thoughtful orientation in your way of thinking and solving problems for clients. If the firm they are leaving is closely positioned to the firm they are joining, there should be no problem, but otherwise you’re going to h
... See moreDavid C. Baker • The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth
our happiness is almost exclusively determined by our expectations matched against our circumstances.
Yu-kai Chou • Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards
In 2008, attorney Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to a position in which he set the salaries of bank executives involved in the global financial crisis. He had to inform executives who made $5 million the previous year that they would only be making $1 million in the upcoming year. He expected them to be frustrated but understand, given the broader
... See morePaul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
Adler sometimes used the expression “three social ties” to emphasize the point.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Among the staff of a German administration office is the son of a brewer. His name is Niklas Luhmann. He went to law school, but he has chosen to be a public servant, as he did not like the idea of having to work for multiple clients. Fully aware he is also not suited for a career in administration, as it involves a lot of socializing, he excuses h
... See moreSönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
In a pure sense, what is ‘normal’ shouldn’t matter very much at all. What is widespread in our community is often wrong and what is currently considered odd might actually be quite wise. But however much we know this intellectually, we are profoundly social creatures; millions of years of evolution have shaped our brains so as naturally to give a g
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