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Tag: Reflection

  • Don’t Worry! You Are Just Dealing with A Hyper-Concrete Thinker
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    Don’t Worry! You Are Just Dealing with A Hyper-Concrete Thinker

    Have you ever tried to explain a fresh perspective or a nuanced idea to someone, only to watch their brain go short-circuited? Or tried to communicate a concept in two different ways, only to realize they’re hearing two completely different things? Or maybe you’ve offered a creative angle or a genuinely helpful solution, and they…

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  • Do It In a Way That People Will Follow
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    Do It In a Way That People Will Follow

    This is a message about leadership for lone wolves (like me): no matter how much you enjoy being on your own, if you’re ambitious enough, you’ll eventually need to learn to work with people. While that requires a whole different skill set, mindset, and, let’s be honest, a specific kind of headache, the deeper issue…

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  • Materialistic Pursuit is Never Really about the Money
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    Materialistic Pursuit is Never Really about the Money

    Almost no one chasing money, power, or status is really chasing money, power, or status. What drives extreme material pursuit is usually something much older. Something that is deeply rooted in our way of making sense of the world. Safety that was never consistent. Survival with constant vigilance. Self-worth was conditional, and metrics were unclear.…

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  • The Truth that You Become What You Repeatedly Do
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    The Truth that You Become What You Repeatedly Do

    Historian Will Durant, distilling Aristotle’s argument in The Story of Philosophy, summarizes that virtue is not a trait you’re born with, but a pattern you build through repeated action. Also, this illustrates the power of habit-forming. Sounds like a motivational quote on Pinterest, but it is scientifically sound. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then,…

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  • Irony of Humanaity: The Worst and the Best of People
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    Irony of Humanaity: The Worst and the Best of People

    There’s something corrosive about encountering people who cause real harm. It may not be the ordinary friction of difficult personalities, but the kind of behavior that makes you reconsider your baseline assumptions about others. It doesn’t just hurt, but restructures. The trust in humanity that once felt natural starts to feel like a liability. This…

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