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To adopt a paradox mindset means to consider the world with a “both/and” approach instead of an “either/or” one.
In times of change, uncertainty and scarcity, we need to do many tasks together. And people need to feel comfort with discomfort.
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“The best performers set goals that are not about the outcome but about the process of reaching the outcome.”
We never arrive. We work hard to succeed, and then we have to work twice as hard to maintain that success.
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