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Above the Hollow #39

Above the Hollow #39

Observations, articles, and other links. Curated for my children as they embark upon adulthood.

Chris
December 16, 2023

Quotes

While the rest of us are chasing victory, the best in the world know they must avoid losing before they can win. It turns out this is a surprisingly effective strategy.

Shane Parrish

Articles

Process leads to purpose - Herbert Lui

A couple of days ago, Creative Doing was featured in Readwise’s newsletter, Wisereads. It excerpts a passage from the introduction: Finding my creative purpose involved letting go of every impulse and habit that made me successful at my work projects, and shifting my focus away from results into the process. Process is about consistently making […]

herbertlui.net/process-leads-to-purpose

Tweets

How to outperform in your career?
Become a 10x employee:
— Alex Brogan (@_alexbrogan)
2:15 PM • Dec 12, 2023

I think about this twice a day.
Every morning when I sit down to read & then when I sit down to write, I say to myself,
"Accept the initial agitation."
When you try to focus, Andrew Huberman explains, "the brain circuits that turn on first are of the stress system."
Meaning:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Billy Oppenheimer (@bpoppenheimer)
9:34 PM • Dec 12, 2023

The silent productivity killer you've never heard of...
Attention Residue (and 3 strategies to fight back):
The concept of "attention residue" was first identified by University of Washington business professor Dr. Sophie Leroy in 2009.
The idea is quite simple:
There is a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom)
1:52 PM • Dec 11, 2023

Media

Good grandfathers will save America.
Brace yourself for the ending…
— Rob Wood (@coachrobwood)
4:12 PM • Dec 13, 2023

The Pyramid from above.
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele)
5:09 AM • Mar 18, 2023