James Clear on frustrations from unclear boundaries

vutran | Oct. 16, 2020, 4:55 p.m.

"I’d estimate at least half of my frustrations with others are actually frustrations with myself for failing to set clear boundaries and stand by them."

— James Clear

Al Switzler, Joseph Grenny on speaking tentatively

vutran | Oct. 11, 2020, 7:11 p.m.

"The reason we should speak tentatively is because we, indeed, are not certain that our opinions represent absolute truth or our understanding of the facts is complete and perfect. You should never pretend to be less confident than you are. But likewise, you should not pretend to be more confident than your limited capacity allows. Our observations could be faulty. Our stories—well, they’re only educated guesses."

— Al Switzler, Joseph Grenny

Al Switzler, Joseph Grenny on speaking in absolute, the impact of powerful communication

vutran | Oct. 11, 2020, 7:10 p.m.

"Speaking in absolute and overstated terms does not increase your influence, it decreases it. The converse is also true—the more tentatively you speak, the more open people become to your opinions."

— Al Switzler, Joseph Grenny in Crucial Conversations.

James Clear on how to never have unproductive day

vutran | Oct. 9, 2020, 8:58 p.m.

"Do the most important thing first each day and you'll never have an unproductive day."

— James Clear

Captain Marquet on the goal of a leader

vutran | Oct. 7, 2020, 7:21 p.m.

“The goal of a leader is to give no orders... Leaders are to provide direction and intent and allow others to figure out what to do and how to get there.”

— Captain Marquet

Ray Dailio on maturity

vutran | Oct. 7, 2020, 7:16 p.m.

“Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.” 

— Ray Dailio in Principles

Morgan Housel on finding the sensible balance between optimism and pessimism

vutran | Oct. 3, 2020, 8:02 p.m.

"Optimism is usually defined as a belief that things will go well. But that's incomplete. Sensible optimism is a belief that the odds are in your favor, and over time things will balance out to a good outcome even if what happens in between is filled with misery. And in fact you know it will be filled with misery. You can be optimistic that the long-term growth trajectory is up and to the right, but equally sure that the road between now and then is filled with landmines, and always will be. Those two things are not mutually exclusive.

Optimism and pessimism can coexist. If you look hard enough you’ll see them next to each other in virtually every successful company and successful career. They seem like opposites, but they work together to keep everything in balance."

— Morgan Housel