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[Sebalski @Sebalski]

„Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.“ (André Gide) 💪

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

In my own life, what I want to give to people, most importantly to people I love, is the power to deal with reality to get what they want. In pursuit of my goal to give them strength, I will often deny them what they "want" because that will give them the opportunity to struggle so that they can develop the strength to get what they want on their own. This can be difficult for people emotionally, even if they understand intellectually that having difficulties is the exercise they need to grow strong and that just giving them what they want will weaken them and ultimately lead to them needing more help.

Of course most people would prefer not to have weaknesses. Our upbringings and our experiences in the world have conditioned us to be embarrassed by our weaknesses and hide them. But people are happiest when they can be themselves. If you can be open with your weaknesses it will make you freer and will help you deal with them better. I urge you to not be embarrassed about your problems, recognizing that everyone has them. Bringing them to the surface will help you break your bad habits and develop good ones, and you will acquire real strengths and justifiable optimism. #principleoftheday

[Sebalski @Sebalski]

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[J. M. Smith @aujmsmith]

Counterpoint: now someone do an AI virtual candidate startup that will write my resume, apply for jobs on my behalf, assess job descriptions and compensation for bs/red flags, and generate a digital avatar of myself to respond to enquires, attend preliminary interviews, and grade the companies’ interview processes from 1 to 10. I’ll personally only attend the final interview processes for the top 3 companies scoring 8 and above.

What’s that? You wouldn’t take a candidate seriously if they did this? Interesting 🤔

If we’re going to continue heading in this cyberpunk digital dystopian direction with automating everything with bots, we may as well even the playing field, and pit bots against bots on both sides 🤖

[Sebalski @Sebalski]

@vibhanshusharma @andrew__rea Did the employees‘ happiness also do a 4x?

[Sebalski @Sebalski]

But didn‘t we spoil what we once had by desiring what we have now? Doesn‘t inner growth lead to new dreams?

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
— Epicurus

[Sebalski @Sebalski]

@tferriss But didn‘t you spoil what you once had by desiring what you have now? Doesn‘t inner growth lead to new dreams?

[Dan @danmurrays]

20 truths you're too scared to hear:

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

It’s completely normal to feel regularly dumb and unqualified when you are walking in the right direction in life.

You are learning what you don’t know, you are challenging yourself with a difficult goal for the current you, don’t expect a comfortable ride, no pain, no reward.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

At twenty, you don’t get the life you deserve, you are just the product of the environment you were lucky or unlucky to have.

Then, as you get older, and enter your thirties, forties, and beyond, you notice how much agency you actually had on your life.

Maybe you moved abroad, learned another language, another culture, another mindset, and became an entirely different person.

Maybe you decided you had nothing to lose, and invested all your meager savings into the bet of a lifetime, and it worked out.

Maybe you changed all your habits, and realized that you could be much healthier, smarter, stronger than you thought, if you simply maintain a better diet, a better training, a better sleep, a better routine.

Maybe you fell in love, and realized that a great marriage was about so much more than physical attraction and intellectual compatibility: if you find yourself walking alongside with a kind, thoughtful, honest person who loves you back, you actually won the lottery.

Maybe you met some great people during your journey, shared with them parts of your journey, overcame difficult challenges together, finally understood the real meaning of “friendship,” and that some people are worth trusting and making sacrifices for.

Maybe you also had health issues, lost a few precious people that you loved, understood the fragility of life and the pain that comes with truly loving someone else, but also finally gained enough wisdom to appreciate the simple things in life, that are free and in abundance.

It’s a long journey. The best and the worst things will happen to you. You can choose to act like a victim, or you can choose to respect yourself and be more resilient, mentally stronger, overall better. In the end, you will look back, you will connect the dots, and it will all make sense, that you got exactly what you deserved.

[Lawrence Yeo @moretothat]

Pursue mastery, not status

[Startup Archive @StartupArchive_]

Jony Ive: “Ideas are always fragile”

“Ideas—by definition—are always fragile. If they were resolved, they wouldn’t be ideas. They would be products that were ready to ship.”

The legendary Apple designer continues:

“I’ve come to learn that you have to make an extraordinary effort not to focus on the problems, which are implicated with any new idea. These problems are known. They’re quantifiable and understood. But you have to focus on the actual idea, which is partial, tentative, and unproven.”

All new ideas have problems, and if you don’t suspend your disbelief and trust that you will find a solution, you will lose faith in your idea.

“That is why criticism and focusing on the problems can be so damaging—particularly in the absence of a constructive idea. Remember, opinions are not ideas. Opinions are not as important as ideas. Opinions are just opinions.”

Source: @CACollegeofArts

[Startup Archive @StartupArchive_]

Steve Jobs shares his strategy for saving Apple from bankruptcy

Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy when Steve Jobs returned to the company in July of 1997. The clip below is from a CNBC interview three months later.

When asked about his strategy for turning the company around, Jobs shared the following advice:

“Somebody taught me a long time ago a very valuable lesson which is if you do the right things on the top line, the bottom line will follow. And what they meant by that was: if you get the right strategy, if you have the right people, and if you have the right culture at your company, you’ll do the right products. You’ll do the right marketing. You’ll do the right things logistically and in manufacturing and distribution. And if you do all those things right, the bottom line will follow.”

Source: @CNBC

[Prince Ea @PrinceEa]

Shoutout to low maintenance friends, the one you don't talk to for months because you're busy in life, but when you meet up, there's nothing but love/

[Sebalski @Sebalski]

This! If we want to see our employers step away from measuring time as (insufficient) success indicator, we need to propose better alternatives. If you don‘t know what you don‘t know, you will always tend to your „good“ old tools.

[Santosh Sali @SaliSantosh]

@AdamMGrant Yup agree. But for CEO's time is easy measure! They don't have idea how to measure value! That's long term m easure.

[Learn Stash 💙 @LearnStash]

@AdamMGrant “You alone are responsible for what you do, don’t do, or how you respond to what’s done to you.” -Darren Hardy

[Prince Ea @PrinceEa]

Never force connections. Don't change your vibe to fit in. Normalize seeing mismatched vibrations as divine separation. You don't need to force what's meant for you, it'll align with you naturally. 

- Inner Practioner

[Sebalski @Sebalski]

Can it be all so simple? Yes, it can! 💪

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

Great company culture isn’t about ping pong tables and kegerators in the office.

Here is how I think about it:

[Sebalski @Sebalski]

@trobuling @AdamMGrant 🤔

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Leaders shouldn't aim to be liked. They should strive to be respected.

We don’t have to agree with every decision. We need to align with their visions and admire their values.

Trust isn’t granted for competence alone. It's earned through caring about people and principles.

[Sebalski @Sebalski]

@AUnicorn555 @AdamMGrant That‘s interesting. Thx for sharing. Helps me with being more empathetic.

[Sebalski @Sebalski]

@AUnicorn555 @AdamMGrant Is it different for you with physical meetings?