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Just listened to a @farnamstreet pod with @angeladuckw: Grit and Human Behavior –
Came out of it with so many takeaways! On decision making, passion, and feedback.
Here are some of my main points
Came out of it with so many takeaways! On decision making, passion, and feedback.
Here are some of my main points
1/ "Feedback is a gift, but not all of us can unwrap it"
Successful people know that expertise comes about through:
hyperintentionality + concentration + feedback + repetition of that whole cycle
Successful people know that expertise comes about through:
hyperintentionality + concentration + feedback + repetition of that whole cycle
2/ Don't "follow" your passion, develop it.
The word 'following' doesn't translate well. It is about developing passion – which is generative rather than reactive.
Deepening interests and passions give it a completely different dimension as you pursue it.
The word 'following' doesn't translate well. It is about developing passion – which is generative rather than reactive.
Deepening interests and passions give it a completely different dimension as you pursue it.
3/ Do what is play for you and work for others.
Lean into what comes naturally to you, even if it isn't a typical path.
Lean into what comes naturally to you, even if it isn't a typical path.
4/ Nurture vs Nature:
There is the role of chance but there is also the role of choosing.
Your environment may not be the best, but how you respond is a choice – from Arthur Ashe who is of only two men of black African ancestry to win a Grand Slam singles title.
There is the role of chance but there is also the role of choosing.
Your environment may not be the best, but how you respond is a choice – from Arthur Ashe who is of only two men of black African ancestry to win a Grand Slam singles title.
My favorite parts:
Feedback is a gift, but not all of us can unwrap it
She references Shakespeare:
"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players"
If that is the case, then we need to think more clearly and intentionally about what role we are playing.
Feedback is a gift, but not all of us can unwrap it
She references Shakespeare:
"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players"
If that is the case, then we need to think more clearly and intentionally about what role we are playing.
