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“You can’t tell where people will land from where they begin. With the right opportunity and motivation to learn, anyone can build the skills to achieve greater things. Potential is not a matter of where you start, but how far you travel. We need to focus less on staying points and more on distance traveled.”
Dec 16, 2024 01:27PM
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“[C]ourage can be contagious.”
Dec 16, 2024 01:42PM
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Treating phobias with two kinds of exposure therapy: systemic desensitization and flooding.

I think of flooding as dropping someone into the deep end - it’s fully immersive instead of little steps. Both are effective depending on the situation.
Dec 16, 2024 01:41PM
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In so many words, it basically paraphrases what Shane Parrish has said repeatedly. You have to be willing to look stupid in the short term, in order to become smart in the long term.
Dec 16, 2024 01:38PM
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Writing is a tool for thinking and learning.
Dec 16, 2024 01:36PM
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“…procrastination isn’t a time management problem—it’s an emotion management problem.”
Dec 16, 2024 01:36PM
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Paraphrasing:

The character skills that unleash hidden potential are: proactivity, determination, and discipline. It takes courage to seek out discomfort, the capacity to absorb the right info, and acceptance of the right imperfections.
Dec 16, 2024 01:34PM
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The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you’ve reached, but how far you’ve climbed to get there.”
Dec 16, 2024 01:29PM
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“…when people can’t see a path, they stop dreaming of the destination.”
Dec 16, 2024 01:27PM
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things


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