"If we have data, let's look at data. If all we have are opinions, let's go with mine."
Jim Barksdale, former Netscape CEO"You can do anything, but not everything."
David Allen“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
Mark Twain"Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else."
anon."Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward."
Oscar Wilde“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt(but possibly an African proverb)"It is wiser to find out than to suppose."
Mark Twain"The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them."
Mark Twain"Any fool can know. The point is to understand"
Albert Einstein"Discussions are always better than arguments, because an argument is to find out who is right and a discussion is to find out what is right”
Buddha."Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed."
Albert EinsteinThe fastest way to succeed is to start now and figure it out as you go. You can't learn to drive in a parked car.
"It's not enough to do your best, you must know what to do and then do your best."
W. Edwards Deming"The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who knows why will always be his boss."
Ralph Waldo Emerson"Manage the cause, not the result."
W. Edwards Deming"You are what you do, not what you say you will do."
Carl JungBe confident in your ability to undo what you just did before you do what you just did.
— cdenker (@cdenker) September 2, 2020"Victory awaits the one who has everything in order"
Roald AmundsenA mental health issue is not a sign of weakness; in fact it can be just the opposite. Determined, energetic, purposeful high achievers can be the most vulnerable, because they push themselves so hard. Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, Charles Dickens and Ludwig van Beethoven all experienced mental health issues.
MHFA Line Managers' Resource"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."– Rumi
Treat every object as an imposition upon your attention, because it is.
A workspace is not a place for storing things. It is a place for accomplishing things.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7hFeMWC6Y5eaSixbD/100-tips-for-a-better-lifeYou can't please everyone all the time
You have to be able to prioritize
You have to be able to plan
You have to be able to concentrate
You have to learn how to say no
You have to learn to be firm
You have to be able to rely on your boss
You have to deliver the goods
You have to keep your skills updated
There's always tomorrow
Clear, Written Communication
Meeting Facilitation
Prioritization
Breaking Large Projects Down
High Level Estimation
Dependency Management
Work Stream Analysis
“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
John Wooden“I’m no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I’m changing the things I cannot accept.”
Angela Davis“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity”
Sun TzuClarity comes from engagement ... it does not come from thought.
Ashley StahlUnconscious incompetence
Conscious incompetence
Conscious competence
Unconscious competence
“increases in resource use efficiency will lead to faster depletion of that resource”
William Stanley Jevons - The Coal Question (1865)Jevons Paradox occurs when technological progress or government policy increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost of use increases its demand, negating the efficiency gains.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradoxhttps://simplicable.com/new/jevons-paradoxhttps://climatalk.org/2021/06/18/jevons-paradox/“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”
Deepak Chopra"Generals always fight the last war" / "Economists fight the last depression"
"means that military/[economic] strategy often focuses on what has happened rather than what will happen." (3)"A talent for following the ways of yesterday is not sufficient to improve the world of today."
King Wuling“I’m not the kind of person who does things like that” is not an explanation, it’s a trap. It prevents nerds from working out and men from dancing.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7hFeMWC6Y5eaSixbD/100-tips-for-a-better-life"The hard choices – what we most fear doing, asking, saying – are very often exactly what we most need to do."
Tim Ferriss“The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.”
Jim Hightower"If you don’t change your direction, you may end up where you are going."
Lao Tzu"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."
Leonardo Da VinciBored people are boring.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7hFeMWC6Y5eaSixbD/100-tips-for-a-better-life"Most people underestimate the possibilities you have in life. And that’s a bit sad…But don’t underestimate yourself. Also, like I said: Get up in the morning." (2)
Erling Kagge"With little variation in life, life feels short."
Erling KaggeIf you listen to successful people talk about their methods, remember that all the people who used the same methods and failed did not make videos about it.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7hFeMWC6Y5eaSixbD/100-tips-for-a-better-life"Failure and invention are inseparable twins. To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it’s going to work, it’s not an experiment."
Jeff Bezos (or, perhaps, Scott Galloway)Create an environment where people can take risks. If everything has to be brilliant from the word go, you're never gonna get off the ground.
Paul David Hewson, aka Bono, lead vocalist and primary lyricist of U2, venture capitalist, and philanthropist.Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying 'I will try again tomorrow.'
Mary Anne Radmacher, American author and artistMany of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas EdisonFailure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Henry FordSuccess seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
William FeatherFailure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success.
Leigh Mitchell HodgesDefeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
George Edward WoodberryWhen you get into a tight place and everything goes against you … never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Harriet Beecher StoweDon’t give up while making progress – Perseverance is the key – Everything looks like a failure in the middle.
http://www.experimentswithsuccess.com/2015/08/the-15-invaluable-laws-of-growth-law-14-the-law-of-expansion/Fall seven times and stand up eight.
Japanese ProverbIt's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert EinsteinNever confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
F. Scott FitzgeraldWe will either find a way or make one.
HannibalIt always seems impossible until it's done.
Nelson MandelaEvery strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Babe RuthIf you’re not in the game, you can’t hit a home run.
David HasselhoffIt does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
ConfuciusI am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Abraham LincolnCourage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.
Theodore RooseveltThrough perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Benjamin DisraeliPassion (be excited about what you do)
Work (put in effort)
Focus (on one thing)
Persist (don't give up)
Ideas (have a good idea)
Good (get good at something)
Push (yourself, or be pushed)
Serve (supply something that's needed)
Compliment people more
Many people have trouble thinking of themselves as smart, or pretty, or kind, unless told by someone else.
Competition is for losers
Peter ThielWhen people compete, somebody loses. So go where you’re the only one. Do what only you can do.
https://ryanholiday.net/33-things/Compete only against yourself.
https://dailystoic.com/the-race-to-run-is-against-yourself/Capacity is not always about “more”. It starts with better.
What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
Self-limiting statements always work.
If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough."
Richard BransonMan’s mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell HolmesThe Potential that exists within us is limitless and largely untapped, when you think of limits, you create them.
Robert J. Kriegel and Louis PatlerNothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
Honoré de BalzacGreat minds discuss ideas
Average minds discuss events
Small minds discuss people
What are you most passionate about?
What are your greatest accomplishments in lif so far?
With no limits, what would you choose to have and what would you choose to do?
What are your goals (health, career, family) in life?
Who do you admire most in the world?
What do you NOT like to do?
How hard are you willing to work to get what you want?
Identified by four letters...
E (Extrovert) or I (Introvert)
S (Sensibility) or N (iNtuition)
T (Thinking) or F (Feeling)
J (judgment) or P (Perception)
Giving 16 Personality Types...
ISTJ: responsible realists - The Logistician
INFJ: insightful visionaries - The Advocate
INTJ: conceptual planners - The Architect
ISFJ: practical helpers - The Defender
ISTP: logical pragmatists - The Virtuoso
ISFP: versatile supporters - The Adventurer
INFP: thoughtful idealists - The Mediator
INTP: objective analysts - The Logician
ESTP: energetic problem solvers - The Entrepreneur
ESFP: enthusiastic improvisers - The Entertainer
ENFP: imaginative motivators - The Campaigner
ENTP: enterprising explorers - The Debater
ESTJ: efficient organisers - The Executive
ESFJ: supportive contributors - The Consul
ENFJ: compassionate facilitators - The Protagonist
ENTJ: decisive strategists - The Commander
There are several useful sites providing guidance for dealing with the various personality types. For example...
"Time has not been good to “Emotional Intelligence,” and it is now almost too easy a target for criticism. But it is also criticism-proof: the ideas that animate it are everywhere, and their appeal is hard to deny. After all, what could be objectionable in asking people to care for one another and be aware of how their actions affect others?"
Merve Emre (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/19/the-repressive-politics-of-emotional-intelligence)flexibility - how free employees feel to innovate unencumbered by red tape
their sense of responsibility to the organisation
the level of standards that people set
the sense of accuracy about performance feedback and aptness of rewards
the clarity people have about mission and values
the level of commitment to a common purpose
Japanese Wisdom
https://sketchplanations.com/kintsugihttps://sketchplanations.com/wabi-sabi