Yet in a turbulent world, there’s another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn.
“In fact, the tendency for one purchase to lead to another one has a name: the Diderot Effect. The Diderot Effect states that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption that leads to additional purchases.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“When changing your habits means challenging the tribe, change is unattractive. When changing your habits means fitting in with the tribe, change is very attractive.”
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
― Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
“When we challenge ourselves to move beyond what we know and can do well, we rebel against the comfortable cocoon of the status quo, improving ourselves and positioning ourselves to contribute more to our partners, coworkers, and organizations”
― Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life – A Harvard Professor's Guide to Innovation and Unconventional Success
― Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life – A Harvard Professor's Guide to Innovation and Unconventional Success
“Being original doesn’t require being first. It just means being different and better.”
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
― Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
“The ubiquity of smartphones has brought us another new word: phubbing, or ignoring the people around you in favor of your phone.”
― The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World
― The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World
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