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It takes confident humility to admit that we’re a work in progress. It shows that we care more about improving ourselves than proving ourselves.
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The goal in a learning culture is to welcome these kinds of experiments, to make rethinking so familiar that it becomes routine.
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We can’t run experiments in the past; we can only imagine the counterfactual in the present.
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Escalation of commitment happens because we’re rationalizing creatures, constantly searching for self-justifications for our prior beliefs as a way to soothe our egos, shield our images, and validate our past decisions.
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We foreclose on all kinds of life plans. Once you’ve committed to one, it becomes part of your identity, making it difficult to de-escalate.
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By investing in learning and problem solving, we can develop our passions – and build the skills necessary to do the work and lead the lives we find worthwhile.
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We should be careful to avoid getting too attached to a particular route or even a particular destination. There isn’t one definition of success or one track to happiness.
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It takes humility to reconsider our past commitments, doubt to question our present decisions, and curiosity to reimagine our future plans.
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In every industry worldwide, businesses have to perform at the highest standard, and then get continually better, just to be competitive. Great performance is becoming more valuable.
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Most of what we want to do is hard. That’s life. Encountering problems, discouragement, and disappointment is inevitable.
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