A poor sense of self is the most common on-ramp to FOPO. When we lack a clear, stable, and positive understanding of who we are, we often look outside ourselves to see how we feel about ourselves. We assume others can see us better than we
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“The future of work will not be work. It will be play. The human psyche is wired for survival. Entrepreneurship is modern-day survival. But most people have a twisted view of entrepreneurship. It’s not about starting the next billion-dollar company. It’s about leveraging your stack of skills, unique story, and finite focus to create a life of meaning. Everyone is an entrepreneur. Some just get paid for the value they cultivate outside of the conditioned path.”
― The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
― The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
“The highest-paid individuals are the visionaries, strategists, and creative problem solvers of the world. Your vision is greater than yourself. It gives you a soft direction to focus the goals and actions that stem from it. Your vision should be big, not limited by belief, and emotionally compelling when you marinate your mind in the growing detail.”
― The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
― The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future
“Rather than looking outside ourselves to see if others approve”
― The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You
― The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You
“We may feel better when we defend our beliefs in the face of other people’s opinions”
― The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You
― The First Rule of Mastery: Stop Worrying about What People Think of You
“To identify skill and knowledge gaps, first revisit your mission and strategy and the core processes you identified. Ask yourself what mix of the four types of knowledge is needed to support your group’s core processes. Treat this as a visioning exercise in which you imagine the ideal knowledge mix. Then assess your group’s existing skills, knowledge, and technologies. What gaps do you see? Which of them can be repaired quickly, and which will take more time? To identify underutilized resources, search for individuals or groups in your unit who have performed much better than average. What has enabled them to do so? Do they enjoy resources (technologies, methods, materials, and support from key people) that could be exported to the rest of your unit?”
― The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
― The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
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