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James Clear on working on the internal pressure today to handle external pressure tomorrow

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:13 p.m.

"Build before you have to.

- Build knowledge before you have to.

- Build strength before you have to.

- Build an emergency fund before you have to.

Let internal pressure drive you today, so you can handle external pressure tomorrow."

— James Clear

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James Clear on the most overlooked growth strategy

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:11 p.m.

"The most overlooked and underappreciated growth strategy is patience.

More specifically, consistently producing great work over a long time horizon." 

— James Clear

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Matthew Syed on how to work on a big goal

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:08 p.m.

“If you break down a big goal into small parts, and then improve on each of them, you will gain a huge increase when you put them all together.” 

— Matthew Syed 

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Matthew Syed on forming a culture to learn from open and honest about mistakes

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 4:06 p.m.

“If a culture is open and honest about mistakes, the entire system can learn from them. That is the way you gain improvements.” 

— Matthew Syed 

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Eleanor Roosevelt on the shortness of life to make all mistakes we need

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 3:48 p.m.

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Matthew Syed on cognitive dissonance and ego coming from seniority

vutran | Sept. 6, 2020, 3:47 p.m.

“Intelligence and seniority when allied to cognitive dissonance and ego is one of the most formidable barriers to progress in the world today.” 

— Matthew Syed 

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Shawn Achor on actively emit waves of positive energy

vutran | Sept. 4, 2020, 4:59 p.m.

"Cancel out the thought patterns that lead to a negative reality by emitting three opposing waves of positive energy: 

+ Wave 1: I will keep my worry in proportion to the likelihood of the event. 

+ Wave 2: I will not ruin ten thousand days to be right on a handful. 

+ Wave 3: I will not equate worrying with being loving or responsible."

— Shawn Achor

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