30.07.2021
*Life is short. And if life is short, then moving quickly matters. Launch the product. Write the book. Ask the question. Take the chance. Be thoughtful, but get moving.
– James Clear, author of Atomic Habits*
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Every other week, we'll share 3 ideas, 2 concepts and 1 question for your weekend. Here's to rest and re-inspiration 🛌🏾
Rihanna in the video for her iconic song, B*tch Better Have My Money
*We are smart not because of our individual genius, but because of our collective knowledge. As the historian Niall Ferguson noted, “The dead outnumber the living fourteen to one, and we ignore the accumulated experience of such a huge majority of mankind at our peril."
– James Clear*
One of the most important historical subjects to study is – don't panic – our childhoods.
Why? Cultivating a habit of introspection – of understanding who we are without judgement or shame related to who we think we "should" be – is Step 1 on the path to owning our worth in the world and to becoming more authentic friends, partners, designers, leaders and teammates for others.
The School of Life explains 👇🏽
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GFKzE52XRmw
When the stakes are high, our appetites for risk and creativity can shrink to the size of peanuts. Faced with the possibility of building something to impact other people's lives and disrupt problematic systems of old, it might be tempting to choose the path of least resistance and change nothing – to follow everything that's been done before.
But if we gave into that reluctance, nothing would really change. There's a balance to be drawn between drawing on the knowledge of those who have come before us and creating with conviction to solve the challenges of our time.