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Willpower, Page 244
Giving in does not replenish the willpower you have already expended. All it does is save you from expending any more.
Overwhelmed, Page 244
Children who have more time for free, unstructured, and rough-and-tumble play tend to be more socially and academically proficient as they grow.
The Progress Paradox, Page 244
Forgiveness, gratitude, conviviality, and related mental states are active conditions that require effort to achieve. You can have these worldviews, but you’ve got to work at it.
Deep Work, Page 244
For most… an inbox full of messages generates a major sense of obligation.
Good Boss, Bad Boss, Page 244
If you are a boss, your success depends on staying in tune with how others think, feel, and react to you.
The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, Page 244
Mindfulness is the highest level of awareness most of us can develop in our everyday lives.
Grit, Page 244
At its core, a culture is defined by shared norms and the values of a group of people.
Good Boss, Bad Boss, Page 244
…a hallmark of poor performance is a lack of self-awareness; [bad bosses] consistently overestimate their skills in just about any task that requires intellectual and social skills…
Getting Things Done, Page 244
The price people pay when they break an agreement in the world is the disintegration of trust in the relationship – an automatic negative consequence.
Bullshit Jobs, Page 244
…the belief that what ultimately motivates human beings has always been… the pursuit of wealth, power, comforts and pleasure, has always and must always be complemented by a doctrine of work as self-sacrifice, as valuable precisely because it is the place of misery, sadism, emptiness, and despair.