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Do you do it for validation

(Extracted from Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday) We are all faced with this same challenge in the pursuit of our own goals: Will we work hard for something that can be taken away from us? Will we invest time...

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Humiliations in your path to success

(Extracted from Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday) Our own path, whatever we aspire to, will in some ways be defined by the amount of nonsense we are willing to deal with. Our humiliations will pale in...

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I always wanted to quit when I could still win so that I can play football with my little boy

(Extracted from Fat, Happy, And In Over Your Head by Morgan Housel) Marcel Hirscher is the greatest ski racer in history, winning the World Cup Overall title in each of the last eight years. Few of you have heard of...

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Most people prefer to fail conventionally

“Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.” John Maynard Keynes...

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Leadership is about genuinely having people’s interest at heart

(Extracted from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) When campaigning, no one has to listen to you at all. And when the campaign is over, people have to believe...

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You are what you communicate

(Extracted from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) If I had not been able to reduce complex ideas into simple words and project them vividly for mass...

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Don’t let foolish words affect you

(Extracted from Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World) I do not take anything all that seriously. If I did, I would be quite a sick man. A number of foolish things...

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Four life metrics that matter most

(Extracted from Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker) The study came up with four metrics that matter most:  1. HAPPINESS: having feelings of pleasure or contentment in and about your life  2....

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Obsession can lead to a dark place

(Extracted from Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker) Isaacson said, “One of his strengths as a thinker, if not as a parent, was that he had the ability, and the inclination, to tune out all distractions, a...

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Seek negative feedback

(Excerpt from Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker) Another study, titled “Tell Me What I Did Wrong,” showed that a shift takes place when people are on the path to expertise. Novices seek and need positive...

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