Shelley beeston
@shelster
Shelley beeston
Cultivating intellectual humility by embracing criticism, finding joy in being wrong, and accelerating learning through public vulnerability
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And especially like now that I've gotten to like a larger scale, I have like a professional army of people telling me when I'm stupid.
It can be very frightening and it's very tempting to like retreat back into like making foolproof arguments and like filling in all the holes.
But that slows down the rate of learning and to just be willing to like,
... See moreSam Harris once said, about smoking weed, that everyone he knows who smokes weed would benefit from smoking less, and everyone he knows who doesn’t smoke weed would benefit from smoking more. I feel the same way about the pursuit of self-knowledge. If you’ve never looked within, you should probably start. But if you look within all the time, maybe... See more
max nuss • The False Promise of Understanding Yourself
“The best idea for you isn’t the objectively best idea, it’s the one you can actually execute on with your current unfair advantages.” - Startup community
“What should I do with my life?!?!” Here is what I wish I’d known every time I felt lost.
TOP TIP:
Don’t try to figure it out all on your own. That’s too hard. Instead, spend time with possibility-generating people & environments. Eg:
- A friend who’s always dreaming up wild ideas (ask them... See more
Tyler Altermanx.comHow to find your way
A structured meeting wrap-up process for extracting takeaways, recognizing contributions, and securing personal commitments from leaders.
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I ask everyone, what's your single biggest takeaway from today? What is something that 10 hours ago you didn't understand about how we're going to make money and how we're going to serve customers better and how we're going to improve employee engagement and how we're going to kill the competition. What is something you didn't know? What is
... See moreOn what to ask leaders in a room after workshops
