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17. Be Antifragile by Expanding Awareness

Insight Axis • 158 implied HN points • 18 Jul 23
📖 Philosophy Mindset
  1. Antifragility is about gaining from stress rather than simply not breaking under it.
  2. Antifragility is a concept by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, explored in his various books like 'Antifragile' and 'The Black Swan.'
  3. Being antifragile involves thriving in a world full of unpredictable stressors by not predicting when events occur, but figuring out how to survive and benefit from them.

Taming expectations

Mindset Mastery • 78 implied HN points • 29 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. Taming expectations can reduce suffering caused by the gap between reality and what we expect.
  2. Setting high, inhuman expectations can lead to burnout and alienation from others.
  3. Adjusting expectations with kindness and comparing to how you would treat a friend can bring more joy and freedom.

My biggest personality changes over the years | #36

The Pole • 119 implied HN points • 14 Nov 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. Personal growth involves changing one's mindset about various aspects of life, like voting, making one's bed, and beliefs in astrology, marketing, and traditions.
  2. Embracing rituals and respecting the values of others can lead to being less arrogant, more open-minded, and achieving internal harmony.
  3. Being humble, earnest, and accepting the value in experiences, even if they may seem trivial at first, can lead to a more fulfilling and harmonious life.

The prize for saying no is small

Sunday Letters • 199 implied HN points • 04 Jun 23
📖 Philosophy Mindset
  1. Being negative and cautious often leads to missed opportunities. It's better to focus on finding solutions rather than just criticizing.
  2. Feeling optimistic and excited about new ideas can be uncomfortable but is a key part of learning and growing.
  3. Choosing to think 'what if' has a lot more potential for rewards than simply saying 'why not' and being constantly cautious.
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Why enchantment?

The Art of Enchantment, with Dr Sharon Blackie • 279 implied HN points • 23 May 22
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Mindset
  1. Enchantment is an attitude of mind that can be cultivated by anyone, allowing them to approach the world with wonder and creativity.
  2. Living an enchanted life involves embracing belongingness to a rich world, participating whole-heartedly in life's adventure, and respecting nature and community.
  3. Choosing to live an enchanted life means falling in love with the world again, nourishing one's psyche, and recognizing the extraordinary within the ordinary.

How to figure out the stuck spot

Mindset Mastery • 39 implied HN points • 07 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. There are internal and external blocks that can cause us to feel stuck in life or work.
  2. Internal blocks involve our beliefs and mindset, which can be changed with awareness and effort.
  3. Addressing internal blocks can help us overcome challenges and move forward in our goals.

5 Myths About Growth Mindset That Are Sabotaging Your Goals

Weekend Developer • 19 implied HN points • 28 Apr 24
🚌 Education Mindset
  1. Having a growth mindset involves more than just positive thinking; it's about accepting failures, learning from mistakes, and putting in consistent effort.
  2. You can't have a growth mindset in all areas of life at once; prioritize where you want to grow and focus your efforts there.
  3. Effort alone is not enough for growth; it must be combined with good strategies, feedback, and continuous commitment.

Pixels & Psychedelics: How VR is Enhancing Psychedelic Therapy

Tripsitter • 79 implied HN points • 23 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. Virtual reality is being integrated into psychedelic therapy, showing tangible benefits like standardizing settings and creating unique trip environments.
  2. Research is exploring the combination of DMT and extended reality (XR) systems, like VR, for potential therapeutic use, though funding for such studies can be challenging to secure.
  3. VR has the potential to improve trip settings, mindset, and preparation for psychedelic experiences, offering new avenues for therapeutic applications.

The Bannister Effect

The Voyage • 39 implied HN points • 22 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. Before 1954, running a sub-4-minute mile was seen as impossible.
  2. Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute barrier, inspiring others to do the same.
  3. The Bannister Effect shows how seeing others achieve goals can shift our mindset from 'impossible' to 'possible'.

Learning by Doing

Sunday Letters • 59 implied HN points • 15 Oct 23
🚌 Education Mindset
  1. Doing is often better than just thinking. If you want to learn a skill, just start practicing it a lot.
  2. Trying many things and being okay with failure helps you learn faster. When you're not focused on being perfect, you can improve more easily.
  3. Having a 'beginner's mind' can lead to better results. Beginners often do well because they aren't held back by too much prior knowledge or self-doubt.

Nine ways to overcome the fear of making something bad

A Bit Gamey • 6 implied HN points • 14 Dec 25
🎭️ Culture Mindset
  1. Beginnings are naturally clumsy, but showing up regularly leads to steady improvement.
  2. Lower the stakes by calling your work a sketch or experiment, make small fast iterations, and treat failures as data so fear doesn’t stop you.
  3. Surround yourself with curious peers and good teachers, track progress not perfection, and keep a bit of confident optimism to keep going.

The hungry ghost of arrival bias

Mindset Mastery • 58 implied HN points • 10 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. Feelings of being behind or not reaching a destination are common but often based on a misleading concept of arrival bias.
  2. Arrival bias leads us to believe that reaching certain milestones will bring fulfillment, but in reality, there is no ultimate destination that guarantees happiness.
  3. Happiness and satisfaction come from appreciating the small moments along the journey rather than fixating on reaching a specific 'there.'

Polymathic Aspirations

Polymathic Being • 95 implied HN points • 17 Nov 24
🚌 Education Mindset
  1. Embrace your white belt attitude. This means being curious, humble, and open to learning new things without thinking you know it all.
  2. Understand the complexity of problems around you. Instead of simplifying them, try to appreciate their depth to find better solutions.
  3. Connect with others to learn together. Sharing insights and challenges in a community can help strengthen your polymathic mindset.

Al Pacino and the Weight of Wealth

Neckar’s Notes • 87 implied HN points • 06 Nov 24
🎭️ Culture Mindset
  1. Al Pacino went broke twice despite once having fifty million dollars. He didn't manage his money well, even though he knew better.
  2. His background affected his relationship with money. Growing up poor, he lacked understanding of financial matters and often felt helpless.
  3. Pacino's story shows that mindset and identity can really shape how we handle money. He recognized his bad decisions but struggled to take full responsibility for them.

The Upper Limit Problem

Intentional Wisdom • 39 implied HN points • 15 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. The Upper Limit Problem involves setting false limits on our potential, which can hold us back from achieving true greatness.
  2. Self-awareness and recognizing behaviors like self-criticism, worrying, and deflecting praise are key steps to overcoming The Upper Limit Problem.
  3. Getting comfortable with success, embracing our strengths, and operating in our Zone of Genius can help unlock our true potential.

Why do you want to convince them?

Sunday Letters • 99 implied HN points • 05 Dec 22
🎭️ Culture Mindset
  1. Changing someone's mind can be tough because people often feel defensive about their ideas. It's important to be aware of this defensiveness when having discussions.
  2. Understanding your own reasons for wanting to convince someone can help create a more open conversation. When you express genuine concerns, it makes the other person less defensive.
  3. By being honest about your intentions, you can work together with the other person instead of against them. This way, you're both focused on finding a solution rather than arguing.

Rethinking Meetings.

The Future Does Not Fit In The Containers Of The Past • 46 implied HN points • 12 Jan 25
💼 Business Mindset
  1. Meetings should focus on giving rather than just taking. When we approach meetings with a giving mindset, everyone benefits more.
  2. Generosity, empathy, and energy are key to better meetings. By being generous with our knowledge and understanding others' perspectives, we create a positive atmosphere.
  3. End meetings with clarity and a plan. It's important that everyone knows the next steps and feels motivated to take them.

Making the best of the past ⏳ — Fading Affect bias (FAB)

10x your mind • 79 implied HN points • 25 Aug 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. Our tendency to remember pleasant emotions better than unpleasant ones is called the Fading Affect Bias (FAB), helping our brain maintain a positive self-image by fading negative emotions faster.
  2. Psychologists focusing on positive emotions with the broaden-and-build theory by Barbara Fredrickson found that ample positive emotions lead to resilience, creativity, and better health.
  3. People usually fall into two categories: past positive or past negative, affecting how they recall memories; sharing events with others, especially positive ones, can help lighten emotional intensity.

A decade of disappointments

Thoughts on Writing • 179 implied HN points • 24 Nov 21
🎭️ Culture Mindset
  1. The inspiration behind the Disappointments Diary stemmed from a reaction to the overwhelming positive messages on social media, highlighting the importance of addressing toxic positivity and embracing emotional realism.
  2. The Negative Path to Happiness, as advocated by authors like Oliver Burkeman, suggests that embracing uncertainty and insecurity can lead to a more lasting form of contentment than relying solely on positive thinking.
  3. Navigating the ups and downs of a creative project involves quixotic optimism, distribution challenges, and the contextual nature of optimism, especially in the realms of social media and politics.

The Startup CEO Mindset

Tech Ramblings • 59 implied HN points • 09 Apr 23
💼 Business Mindset
  1. The Stockdale Paradox teaches us to balance hope with reality. It's important to stay realistic about challenges while maintaining confidence in future success.
  2. Startup founders should always face the truth about their situation. Acknowledging difficulties is key to making smart decisions and moving forward.
  3. Optimism is good, but it shouldn't blind you to the hard work needed to succeed. Continuous effort and execution are essential for long-term growth.

The Trap of New Year's Resolutions

David Spinks' Newsletter • 3 implied HN points • 12 Dec 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. New year goals often come from a belief that you are broken and need to be fixed, which just reinforces feelings of not being enough.
  2. A better approach is to start from a place of enoughness and pick goals because they bring joy, meaning, or align with your values, not to prove your worth.
  3. When goals come from enoughness you feel less stressed about outcomes and can focus on growth, connection, and what genuinely makes you happy; regular reflection helps you stay oriented toward that place.

Mechanics over Mindset

Venture Prose • 199 implied HN points • 01 Mar 21
🏥 Health & Wellness Mindset
  1. Understanding the mechanics of your actions and reactions is like understanding how a machine works - tangible and rational.
  2. It's more effective to focus on working with the dynamics of the machine (the actions) before tackling the mindset (emotions).
  3. Instead of doing what you love, focus on doing what you're great at, as this often leads to more satisfaction and success.

That can't be done/we are already doing that

Sunday Letters • 59 implied HN points • 23 Jan 23
💼 Business Mindset
  1. Organizational culture is hard to change once a group gets big. After a certain point, it's tough for new people to make an impact.
  2. When new ideas come up, they often get rejected or downplayed because of the existing culture. People might say 'that can't be done' or 'we are already doing that' instead of considering the new idea.
  3. To encourage new ideas, it helps to adopt a 'yes, and' mindset. This means instead of rejecting ideas, you build on them to see how they can fit together.

Asking the dumb questions

Sunday Letters • 159 implied HN points • 08 Nov 21
🚌 Education Mindset
  1. When you're new to a situation, it's good to watch and listen first. This helps you learn more about what's going on.
  2. Asking 'dumb' questions can be really powerful. They often bring up thoughts that others on the team might be too shy to voice.
  3. Encouraging new team members to ask questions keeps the team flexible and open to change. Celebrating these questions can help everyone grow.

Think like a Plumber, not a CEO | LSW#58

The Leading Sapiens Weekly • 40 implied HN points • 21 Nov 24
💼 Business Mindset
  1. Knowledge work shouldn't just rely on inspiration or perfect conditions. Showing up consistently, like a plumber, leads to real progress.
  2. Instead of waiting for creativity to strike, focus on making a routine and setting clear goals. This structure helps reduce stress and improves productivity.
  3. It's important to value practice and effort over perfection. Producing more often can actually improve the quality of your work over time.

Abundance mindset (not LinkedIn cringe)

CodeFaster • 36 implied HN points • 30 Oct 24
🕹 Technology Mindset
  1. An abundance mindset helps you think creatively and work faster by focusing on possibilities instead of limitations. It's about believing that resources, like time and tech, are plentiful.
  2. A scarcity mindset can slow you down and lead to poor decisions, like overcomplicating simple tasks. Thinking that everything is limited makes you hesitant to create and innovate.
  3. In today's tech world, many resources are cheap and accessible. With advancements like AI, we can keep creating without worrying too much about waste or pollution.

Successive approximation

Splattern • 19 implied HN points • 31 Aug 23
🚌 Education Mindset
  1. Success is not always a straight line; it often involves small steps and gradual improvements. Just like a pigeon learns to peck a target by getting rewarded for getting closer, we can make progress by celebrating small wins.
  2. It's important to recognize and celebrate your efforts, even if the outcome isn't perfect. Starting a conversation or trying something new are achievements worth acknowledging.
  3. Taking the initiative, even without clear rewards or support, is valuable. Doing things the right way can build your skills and confidence over time, even if results aren't immediate.

Polymaths Unite

Polymathic Being • 61 implied HN points • 03 Mar 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Mindset
  1. Being a Polymath is achievable for anyone, not just mythical geniuses. It's about having curiosity, humility, and broad thinking.
  2. Interacting with Polymaths can be an adventurous and non-linear experience, with discussions weaving diverse topics effortlessly.
  3. Embrace the Polymathic mindset by uniting, conversing, challenging, and continuously learning. Join the community of counterintuitive thinkers.

The 2025 Stack

Creative Destruction • 20 implied HN points • 09 Feb 25
🎭️ Culture Mindset
  1. An expedition is about discovery and adapting to the unknown, rather than following a set path to a destination. It's important to be open to new experiences and what you might learn along the way.
  2. Packing for an expedition means bringing durable gear, adaptable tools, a variety of skills, and a curious mindset. These preparations help you navigate uncertainty and make the most of unexpected situations.
  3. In today's fast-changing world, shifting from a journey mindset to an expedition mindset can be beneficial. This means being ready for uncertainty and focusing on exploration instead of trying to follow existing paths.

Abundance vs Scarcity Mindset

Perspectives • 8 implied HN points • 10 Jul 25
📖 Philosophy Mindset
  1. An abundance mindset looks for opportunities instead of focusing on what's lacking. It helps you see possibilities where others see limitations.
  2. Creating win-win situations benefits everyone involved. Sharing resources and support can lead to greater success for all, not just for one individual.
  3. Seeing potential in others and believing in their capabilities can transform relationships. By lifting each other up, we all can thrive together.