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Pessimism + ambition = 🤯

When pessimism teams-up with ambition it often produces outstanding performance.

To be the very best at anything, you will need to be your harshest critic, and that is almost impossible when your starting point is high self-confidence.

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Invest in strength

Invest in strength versus lack of weakness. While improving yourself is noble and necessary, research shows that many of the more fundamental aspects of personality don’t change. Traits like verbal fluency, adaptability, impulsivity, and humility are stable from ...

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Mentorship is essential

Find a mentor! You don’t have time to make all the mistakes yourself, and of course making those mistakes can mean failure.

It’s better to let others make those mistakes and you can learn from them. Great mentors and great teachers help you learn faster.

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Dealing with others

Dealing with other people is a huge part of what most of us do, and how we get along with others is often key to success.

As a rule of thumb for meeting new people, assume the other people will like you and they probably will.

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The art of giving

It is better to give than to receive, therefore look for opportunities to do something for other people (e.g., sharing knowledge).

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The science of luck

The science of luck is about encountering new opportunities which can be simpler if you are an extrovert.

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What is success?

Success is not the result of any single quality; it’s about alignment between who you are and where you choose to be.

People often say that effort is the number-one predictor of success, but research shows it’s actually one of the w...

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Software engineer by 🌞 and sleepyhead by 🌑. Software architecture. Distributed systems. Personal productivity. Cats.

What is takes to be successful? Many self-improvement books try to motivate the reader through phrases which are mostly meaningless. In this book, the author uses science and statistics to objectively show how to be successful (in our society).

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Your inner critic

We almost all have a character inside our minds that tends to visit us late at night when we're very tired, telling us terrible things in order to destroy our self-confidence and self-compassion.

Too often, we don't know how to answer back. We forget that there might be an...

Hesitant about sharing responsibilites

Consider why you prefer to get work done separately. Usual justifications could be:

  • "I'm confident that I can do the work better than others."
  • I'll end up picking up the slack and doing it all myself anyway."

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6. Struggling with Self-Acceptance

6. Struggling with Self-Acceptance

Despite their intelligence and potential, they often fail to see their own worth. They focus on their perceived flaws and shortcomings, while overlooking their strengths and capabilities.

Their internal dialogue is often one of self-criticism and self-doubt. They might be their own harshest...

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