Social Capital is worth a lot, be careful how you spend it because you can overdraw. Acquire it by adding value for others, being genuine, and being honest. You can lose social capital by being honest with some, but that's not valuable social capital to begin with.
Learned from Eleni - The weight of "End all be all" decision making is heavy. It's the number one thing that weighs on her mind as a founder. The decisions the organization makes, and the corresponding outcomes, are ultimately your responsibility.
Living on the water is incredibly appealing because of how it makes you feel to look at a vast expanse. The price you pay for the home can be worth the subsequent positive affect on your mental wellbeing.
If you reframe your opinion on tipping from a social obligation to an opportunity to create a micropositive moment in someones day with a bigger than normal tip, you can capture selfish compassion and feel better about yourself, win-win for the price of an extra 10%. This works especially well at places like coffee shops where the extra nominal cost is negligible but the emotional impact is high.
Those whose lives are ruled by fear look to fatuous remarks to prop up for their own self-esteem (Ex. "Lol, interns am I right" & "Can you believe he doesn't know x" )
Large workplaces reward employees for creating the image that you're working hard rather than actually producing effectively. Investment bankers and accountants especially.
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I’m reading these books that I’m enjoying right now, fully knowing I’m going to forget the details. Then why do I read? I do wonder that myself too at time but then I remember that I enjoy it. It’s the joy.
same. just finished reading the latest book this morning. will i forget most of it? yes. was it an enjoyable experience? absolutely.
but you are fed by them too! What did you eat on Feb 3? You don't know but you know you were fed and you don't question continuing to do it. Forms your thinking, you style of communication and writing, your soul.
oh! this is good! i should frame this!
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I think about this too. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that although I will forget the details, I will internalize the overall message I liken it to solving a Rubik's Cube in a blog post: https://wibtal.com/19
Do the details really matter though if you’re enjoying it? Presumably it’s getting stored somewhere in your subconscious to possibly be retrieved sometime in the future when activated.
I'm trying to get into the habit of adding a flash card in thought saver for stuff that I really want to remember. But I'm only actually willing to interrupt my reading if it's something that gets me really excited in the moment
This is exactly it. Not everything has to be retained to be worth it…sometimes joy is the only ROI we need
The process, the experience. I don't remember everything that happens to me during the day, but I keep doing it.
It's the reference frames. You may not consciously know details, but I suspect your subconscious can still pattern-match off of many of them. You may not know how to play a song, but you can recognize it in an instant.
You read because you find joy in it.