Supritha S
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Supritha S
The mistake we make is that we confuse what we want with symbols of what we want. We human beings seem to be the first animal capable of abstraction, and we make great use of symbols. Certain events come to promise feelings of freedom, like when you leave the office on a Friday, or when someone else says they’ll take a project off your hands. Some ... See more
David Cain • What you want is never a thing
Choosing Peace - The Mental Toughness Coach - Chris Dorris
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awareness and
"You can choose peace in every moment of your life. We have been taught to believe that when we don’t get what we want, or things aren’t unfolding as we had thought they should, that’s bad and thus we should feel badly. This struggling against what is, this inability or unwillingness to love what is, is the source of all of our suffering and it is entirely our own creation. With practice, we can become as masterful at choosing peace as we have become at choosing anything else."
Habits and
Feedback is a gift. It lets you know precisely what the other person wants or needs. After you receive the gift, it’s up to you to accept it or not. But shutting down feedback with an argument or by appearing ungrateful makes it less likely you’ll be offered it again. And if you’re getting feedback from a customer or a prospect, shutting it down ma... See more
Seth Godin • “No problem” is a problem
On living a good life…Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as, for example: Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible.
James Clear • Masters of Habit: Rituals, Lessons, and Quotes from Marcus Aurelius
And precisely for that reason, I haven’t had trouble sticking to it. There are extra-challenging days, but because they aren’t the norm, I can always be ready to meet them. Excited even. The improvement has been very consistent. There’s no more bargaining, no dread, and no compromise. I can live here.
David Cain • Two Ways To Get Better At Something
He said the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day.
James Clear • How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals by Using the “Seinfeld Strategy”
Polymathism is largely untapped force in business practice, but it’s also the future of problem-solving.
Harvard Business Review • In Defense of Polymaths
The answers are surprisingly practical for an intuition-based method. But it makes sense, because the joy test leads directly to living from our values instead of our habits. You’d think we already do this, seeking joy by default, but often we’re working from another motive that doesn’t always serve us in the long term: familiarity, fear, gratifica... See more