In the 1860s and 1870s, the American economy went through perhaps the greatest transformation in its history (when rail road built and wall street emerge). <ul><li>If you were born in the late 1840s you missed it. You were too young to take advantage of that moment</li><li>If you were born in the 1820s you were too old: your mind-set was shaped by the pre-Civil War paradigm.</li><li>But there was a particular, narrow nine year window (1830s) that was just perfect for seeing the potential that the future held.</li></ul>

The Year You Are Born In Matter

<ul><li>John D. Rockefeller, 1839</li><li>Andrew Carnegie, 1835</li><li>Frederick Weyerhaeuser, 1834</li><li>Jay Gould, 1836</li><li>Marshall Field, 1834</li><li>George F. Baker, 1840</li><li>Hetty Green, 1834</li><li>James G. Fair, 1831</li><li>Henry H. Rogers, 1840</li><li>J. P . Morgan, 1837</li><li>Oliver H. Payne, 1839</li><li>George Pullman, 1831</li><li>Peter Arrell Brown Widener, 1834</li><li>Philip Danforth Armour, 1832</li></ul>

Successful People Who Born In 1830s

Below is a list of people who born in the 1950s, the best year to be born as they will be in their 20s when the computer and internet start booming (1970s)

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Bill Gates: October 28, 1955</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Paul Allen: January 21, 1953</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Steve Ballmer: March 24, 1956</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Steve Jobs: February 24, 1955</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Eric Schmidt: April 27, 1955</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Bill Joy: November 8, 1954</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Scott McNealy: November 13, 1954</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Vinod Khosla: January 28, 1955</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Andy Bechtolsheim: September 30, 1955</li></ul>

Successful People Who Born In 1950s

<ul><li>This doesn't means that every software tycoon in Silicon Valley was born in 1955, or every business titan in United States was born in mid 1830s</li><li>But there are very clear patterns and what's striking is how little we seem to want to acknowledge them. We pretend that success is exclusively a matter of individual merit.</li><li>They are the people who were given a special opportunity to work really hard and seized it, and who happened to come of age at a time when that extraordinary effort was rewarded by the rest of society</li></ul>

The other interesting thing about that ten thousand 
hours, of course, is that ten thousand hours is an enormous amount of time. It's all but impossible to reach that number all by yourself by the time you're a young adult. You have to have parents who encourage and support you. You can't be poor, because if you have to hold down a part-time job on the side to help make ends meet, there won't be time left in the day to practice enough. In fact, most people can reach that number only if they get into some kind of special program-like a hockey all-star squad.

From the bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes an ordinary person an extreme overachiever. Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and far more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined. He reveals that it's as much about where we're from and what we do, as who we are - and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone. Outliers will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique. 'Gladwell is not only a brilliant storyteller; he can see what those stories tell us, the lessons they contain' Guardian 'Malcolm Gladwell is a global phenomenon ... he has a genius for making everything he writes seem like an impossible adventure' Observer 'He is the best kind of writer - the kind who makes you feel like you're a genius, rather than he's a genius' The Times

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From the bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes an ordinary person an extreme overachiever. Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and far more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined. He reveals that it's as much about where we're from and what we do, as who we are - and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone. Outliers will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique. 'Gladwell is not only a brilliant storyteller; he can see what those stories tell us, the lessons they contain' Guardian 'Malcolm Gladwell is a global phenomenon ... he has a genius for making everything he writes seem like an impossible adventure' Observer 'He is the best kind of writer - the kind who makes you feel like you're a genius, rather than he's a genius' The Times

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers—The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He is also the co-founder of Pushkin Industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts Revisionist History, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood, and Broken Record, where he, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam interview musicians across a wide range of genres. Gladwell has been included in the TIME 100 Most Influential People list and touted as one of Foreign Policy's Top Global Thinkers.

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Many people place too much emphasis on external accomplishments and see themselves as solitary individuals who must bear their own difficulties.Accepting your current reality, staying present with it, being patient with your progress, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, embracing community, and keeping your body moving are six principles of groundedness to practice for a more balanced attitude to life.

The Six Principles Of Groundedness

<ul><li>Burnout and misery are the results of heroic individuality.</li><li>Focusing on your origins – the beliefs and practices that keep you grounded – is the antidote to heroic individualism.</li><li>Accept your current reality as it is so that you can strive toward the future you wish.</li><li>Stay present and patient to stay grounded in what matters to you and bring things to fruition.</li><li>Accept weakness in order to gain true strength.</li><li>Surround yourself with a supportive network to ensure you’re completely grounded.</li><li>Keep your body moving to keep your thoughts centered.</li></ul>

Key Concepts

Heroic individuality leads to fatigue and dissatisfaction.Do you ever feel that it's never enough, no matter who you are or what you do? Are you always comparing yourself and your accomplishments to unreasonably high standards and fixating on the resulting gap?If that's the case, you may be suffering from heroic individualism, a popular way of thinking in Western culture. It teaches people that no matter who they are or what they accomplish, it is never enough. Everyone strives to be more productive, efficient, and successful.

Burnout and Misery Are the Results of Heroic Individuality

People who are enslaved by heroic individualism feel forced to complete far too many chores at far too fast a pace and under far too much stress.As a result, they are disorganized, harried, and tired. They can't even rest properly because they're so focused on their exterior achievements; when they're not pursuing them, they feel empty or restless.Many people are dissatisfied with their lives as a result of this. Others may develop major mental health issues. In either case, heroic individualism is doomed to fail.

So Much To Do, All Depending On You

What allows a redwood tree to soar hundreds of feet into the air while being buffeted by strong, occasionally violent winds? It isn't the tree's canopy that is continuously pushing to reach new heights. It is the roots that keep it firmly planted in the ground.When you're grounded, you're grounded in something — the people, activities, and aspects of life that are most important to you. That's why being grounded also entails living in accordance with your beliefs and concentrating your time and energy on the things that matter most to you, whether they're family, health or spirituality.

Focusing on Your Origins Is the Antidote to Heroic Individualism

What exactly does it mean to be rooted?To begin with, it implies that you have a sense of inner strength, stability, and confidence. The word "inner" is significant in this context. The feeling of being grounded isn't dependent on or derived from external accomplishments; it comes from deep within you. As a result, it doesn't fluctuate in response to successes and failures. Even in the middle of turbulence, it remains constant, assisting you in remaining calm and stable.

The Definition Of Being Rooted

Acceptance simply entails calmly, nonreactively, and neutrally admitting the truth of a problem. It's best if it's as neutral as possible. Consider the following example from an ancient Buddhist parable: It's as if you've already been pierced by one arrow if you're having a negative thought, feeling, or occurrence. However, if you respond with another negative attitude or feeling, you're shooting yourself in the foot with a second arrow, exacerbating the injury.

Accept Your Current Reality as Is and Work Toward the Future You Wish

Consider your attention to be similar to water. Because there's only so much of it, the question becomes: which seeds will you give it to?You're probably dispersing it in too many places instead of focusing it on what matters most to you. It's partly because Western culture encourages individuals to be busy for the sake of being active, which leads to people becoming engrossed in busywork.Turning off notifications, putting away superfluous devices, and cutting out time for uninterrupted work or quality time with yourself or your loved ones will help you stay focused.

Stay Present and Patient to Stay Grounded in What Matters to You and Bring Things to Fruition

Everyone has flaws, limits, and challenges in real life. Due to the poisonous combination of social media and a culture of heroic individualism, which encourages people to always be optimistic, act invincible, and operate at 100 percent, they are hesitant to share their flaws. They don't want to appear weak.<ul><li>Many people don't want to confess to themselves, much less to others, that they fall short of these unrealistic standards.</li><li>True strength, on the other hand, necessitates the acceptance of flaws. It takes a lot of guts to be open and honest about your flaws.</li><li>It's also a freeing experience. </li></ul>

The Perfect Online Persona

A seed, of all, requires more than just water to thrive; it also requires time. The same can be said about life's most important objectives. Unfortunately, Western culture pushes people to rush through tasks in order to complete them as soon as possible. Not only does this lead to burnout, but it also leads to half-baked outputs at best and self-defeating outcomes at worst. Breaking down your goals into smaller chunks and focusing on just finishing the one you're on will help you overcome this inclination and adopt a more patient mindset.

Break Down Your Goals In Small Chunks

Many people are living parallel lives these days. They show themselves as powerful, joyful, and successful people who are always living their personal and professional life to the fullest, both online and off.<ul><li>Consider the well-chosen photos they share on Instagram and the accomplishments they brag about on LinkedIn.</li><li>Consider the hypercompetent identities people present in their places of business.</li></ul>

Accept Weakness in Order to Gain True Strength

Heroic individualism promotes people to see themselves as lone individuals capable of heroic deeds on their own, as the name implies. People who are enslaved by this way of thinking come to consider strength as the ability to bear one's own difficulties without assistance.However, no one is an island in reality. As humans, we are sociable creatures by nature. We rely on one other for strength even more than the redwoods. Pretending to be able to "do it alone" is another method of pretending to be someone we aren't. It's not a long-term solution.

Surround Yourself with A Supporting Network to Ensure You're Completely Grounded

There is a long tradition in Western thought of seeing the mind and body as two distinct entities. But, according to current research, they're more like two sides of the same coin – or, to put it another way, an integrated mind-body system. Your gut bacteria, for example, can influence your mood, and your mental state can influence your heart rate. Your mental health is dependent on your physical health in these and many other ways, and vice versa.

Body And Mind Are Connected

Your body was designed to move, not sit for long periods of time. As a result, exercise is essential for both physical and mental health. Although this may not come as a surprise to some, the advantages of exercise can be remarkable. It has been proven in numerous studies to be one of the most effective methods for both preventing and treating depression and anxiety.Exercise releases feel-good hormones, which contribute to this. It's also the fact that it aids in the application of the other groundedness concepts.

Keep Your Body Moving to Keep Your Thoughts Centered

You won’t be able to benefit from the concepts of groundedness unless you put them into action. Take each of the six principles and come up with three things you can start doing and three things you can stop doing to live more in line with them. Make sure your goals are attainable and reasonable - imagine incremental steps rather than gigantic leaps. For example, you don’t have to run a marathon or buy a gym full of expensive equipment to get your body moving. A daily 30-minute brisk walk could be sufficient aerobic exercise.

Start Small

“This book gets to the heart of the matter.” --Ryan Holiday, New York Times bestselling author of Stillness Is the Key and Ego Is the Enemy “This book taps into something that so many of us feel but can’t articulate.” --Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global “Ambitious, far-reaching, and impactful." --David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of Range and The Sports Gene From the bestselling author of Peak Performance comes a powerful antidote to heroic individualism and the ensuing epidemic of burnout. Achievement often comes at a cost. Angst, restlessness, frayed relationships, exhaustion, and even substance abuse can be the unwanted side effects of an obsession with outward performance. While the high of occasional wins can keep you going for a while, playing into the always-on, never enough hustle culture ultimately takes a serious toll. In The Practice of Groundedness, bestselling author Brad Stulberg shares a healthier, more sustainable model for success. At the heart of this model is groundedness--a practice that values presence over rote productivity, accepts that progress is nonlinear, and prioritizes long-term values and fulfillment over short-term gain. To be grounded is to possess a firm and unwavering foundation, a resolute sense of self from which deep and enduring, not shallow and superficial, success can be found. Groundedness does not eliminate ambition and striving; rather, it situates these qualities and channels them in more meaningful ways. Interweaving case studies, modern science, and time-honored lessons from ancient wisdom traditions such as Buddhism, Stoicism, and Taoism, Stulberg teaches readers how to cultivate the habits and practices of a more grounded life. Readers will learn: • Why patience is the key to getting where you want to go faster--in work and life--and how to develop it, pushing back against the culture’s misguided obsession with speed and “hacks.” • How to utilize the lens of the wise observer in order to overcome delusion and resistance to clearly see and accept where you are—which is the key to more effectively getting where you want to go • Why embracing vulnerability is the key to genuine strength and confidence • The critical importance of “deep community,” or cultivating a sense of belonging and connection to people, places, and causes. Provocative and practical, The Practice of Groundedness is the necessary corrective to the frenetic pace and endemic burnout resulting from contemporary definitions of success. It offers a new—and better—way.

Join thousands of readers and learn about a powerful antidote to today’s epidemic of burnout---and a path to achieving success with deeper satisfaction--from the bestselling author of Peak Performance "A thoughtful, actionable book for pursuing more excellence with less angst." --Adam Grant, author of Think Again Playing into the always-on, never enough hustle culture ultimately takes a serious toll. While the high of occasional wins can keep you going for a while, angst, restlessness, frayed relationships, exhaustion, and even substance abuse can be the unwanted side effects of an obsession with outward performance.  In The Practice of Groundedness, bestselling author Brad Stulberg offers a path for which peak performance and well-being and fulfillment can emerge and prevail for a lifetime. At the heart of this model is groundedness--a practice that values presence over rote productivity, accepts that progress is nonlinear, and prioritizes long-term values and fulfillment over short-term gain. To be grounded is to possess a firm and unwavering foundation, an internal strength and self-confidence that sustains you through ups and downs and from which deep and enduring success can be found. Groundedness does not eliminate ambition and striving; rather, it situates these qualities and channels them in more meaningful ways. Interweaving case studies, modern science, and time-honored lessons from ancient wisdom traditions such as Buddhism, Stoicism, and Taoism, Stulberg teaches readers how to cultivate the habits and practices of a more grounded life. Readers will learn: <ul><li>Why patience is the key to getting where you want to go faster--in work and life--and how to develop it, pushing back against the culture’s misguided obsession with speed and “hacks.”</li></ul><ul><li>How to utilize the lens of the wise observer in order to overcome delusion and resistance to clearly see and accept where you are—which is the key to more effectively getting where you want to go</li></ul><ul><li>Why embracing vulnerability is the key to genuine strength and confidence</li></ul><ul><li>The critical importance of “deep community,” or cultivating a sense of belonging and connection to people, places, and causes. </li></ul>Provocative and practical, The Practice of Groundedness is the necessary corrective to the frenetic pace and endemic burnout resulting from contemporary definitions of success. It offers a new—and better—way.

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The Practice of Groundedness

We live in an unfree world, created by our beliefs and the environments we put ourselves in. Most of us strive for more freedom in our lives and you can get it by focusing on the psychological and lifestyle shifts you need to make to get there.There are two main reasons you aren’t free:<ul><li>You aren’t aware of all the options available to you</li><li>You’ve accepted certain assumptions that restrict your freedom.</li></ul>To become freer, you need to be more aware of your options and dispense with those bad assumptions.

Freedom And Beliefs

“I’ve concentrated upon the things I control, and used that control to remove the restrictions and complications from my life.”

“The answer is simple: You are you, the person who will live with the consequences of what you do. No one else can be responsible, because no one else will experience the consequences of your actions as you will.”

“To be self-reliant is to recognize that no one else is as concerned about your future as you are and that no one knows as much about you as you do.”

“Things will get better only when you make the changes that are necessary to make them better.”

<ul><li>The belief that you should be someone other than yourself</li><li>The assumption that others will do things the way you would. You can’t control others’ natures, but you can control how you deal with them.</li></ul>

Identity Traps

<ul><li>Intellectual trap: That your emotions should conform to some preconceived standard. You’re in the Intellectual Trap if you let your intellect tell you what you should feel.</li><li>Emotional trap: The belief that you can make important decisions at a time when you’re feeling strong emotions. You can’t. You’re in the Emotional Trap if you let your emotions make important decisions for you.</li></ul>

Intellectual And Emotional Traps

<ul><li>Utopia trap: The belief that you must create better conditions in society before you can be free. You can’t change the fate of a nation, but you can do a great deal to make sure you’re not affected adversely by it.</li><li>Certainty trap: The urge to act as if your information were totally certain. You’re in the trap if you make decisions without recognizing the uncertainty of your assumptions and the risk that goes with that. There’s nothing shameful in acknowledging that you don’t have the answers to every question about life.</li></ul>

Certainty And Utopia Traps

These are unpleasant situations that restrict your freedom, that you might be afraid to get out of. They could be anyting: bad relationship, job, location, friendship. A big restriction of your freedom is the boxes you allow yourself to stay in, for fear of the work you must do to get out of them.But there are two things to recognize:<ul><li>You’re paying a price every day you remain in the box, and you need to get over the sunk cost that put you there.</li><li>There’s always a way out. You’ll have to pay a price, and that’s uncomfortable, but it’s better than continuing to pay the price of staying in the box.</li></ul>

Boxes

<ul><li>Don’t be false, or change yourself based on your environment. </li><li>What you are is the most valuable asset you possess for finding others.</li><li>To make relationships work, each person should have their time alone, their own friends and interests. </li><li>If you feel imprisoned by your parents or relatives, it is you who must make the move to be free.</li><li>Don’t overreact to a difficult relationship by destroying the good parts while trying to weed out the bad. </li><li>You’re better off never worrying about small sums of money. </li><li>When you prove that you’re willing to be honest, others will accept your word more easily.</li></ul>

How You Can Be Free

<ul><li>Never expect anyone to act from your knowledge, perspective, or objectives. Assume that his viewpoints will differ in some ways from yours.</li><li>Never make an important decision when your emotions are dominating your mind.</li><li>Never lie or appear to be something other than what you are.</li><li>Never invest any resource (time, money, emotional involvement) that you’re not prepared to lose.</li><li>Never take on a new responsibility, time commitment, or liability without recognizing what must be given up to accommodate it.</li><li>Always leave some free time in your schedule to take advantage of new opportunities as they arise. </li></ul>

Rules for Life (1)

<ul><li>Never use someone’s property in any way that he doesn’t approve of.</li><li>Never focus your attention on anyone’s weaknesses — his temper, sloppiness, poor logic, dishonesty, whatever. </li><li>Never quibble over a price you didn’t expect to pay. Pay it and move on to better things.</li><li>Never form a partnership (an agreement in which responsibilities or rewards will be shared) for any purpose.</li><li>Never become directly involved in violence unless it appears to be the only alternative to prevent more serious injury.</li><li>Never forsake your rules because of someone’s actions or opinions.</li></ul>

Rules for Life (2)

The purpose of knowing “truth” is to be able to make it work for you. You need the truth in order to deal with things as they are and get predictable results from them. The specific application for which you need the truth might be different from another person’s. You may want to know the truth of a particular mechanical cause-and-effect relationship so you can fix your car. Others may want that knowledge in order to build a bomb or just to maintain their image as a learned person. The principle is always the same: You want the truth so you can use it to produce a consequence you want.

Knowing The Truth

Recognize that there are such things as miracles — events for which there are no ready explanations. Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily. But at this date in history, you can’t expect to know everything that might be known eventually.

You Don’t Need An Explanation For Everything

As you view the identities of others, you make it far easier on yourself if you accept them as they are. Attempts to change others are rarely successful, and even then probably not completely satisfying. – once you understand someones identity then you understand their actions

Accepting Others

Harry Browne believed that a person's happiness is the highest goal he/she can achieve in life. Freedom comes from living your life as you see fit. Happiness and freedom are attainable even if others remain unfree, and it's never too late to change your life. "If you're not free now, it might be because you've been preoccupied with people or institutions that have restrained your freedom. I don't expect you to stop worrying about them, merely because I suggest that you do. I do hope to show you, though, that those people and institutions are relatively powerless to stop you - once you decide how you will achieve your freedom. There are things you can do to be free, and if you turn your attention to those things, no one will stand in your way. But when you become preoccupied with those who are blocking you, you overlook the many alternatives you could use to bypass them. The freedom you seek is already available to you, but it has gone unnoticed."This book identifies life's traps - unconscious thinking and habits that prevent people from being free - and explains in a language even a young person can understand how to escape these traps. It helps you navigate through life while being true to your beliefs while obtaining self-reliance, peace, freedom, prosperity, and happiness. Many who have read or listened to this book believe it's invaluable and should be required for every young person, so they can learn how to be free before others start to rule their life. Some believe it should be a required course in every high school, college, and university. Others believe every adult should try it. Still others claim it's a must for all who seek freedom. This audiobook is educational and motivational, and even if you disagree with Browne's philosophy, his logical and consistent thinking can lead you to inner discovery and profound perspectives. How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World is a book for personal liberty - one that can put you on a path to a freer and happier life.

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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World

He, who abandons the things he loves, loses the meaning of his life. That is why, even after having finished your "official" work life, it is essential to continue doing things of value, bringing beauty or usefulness to others, helping and shaping our little world.

Always stay active, never retire.

Also, in food for long life, "less is more." According to the 80% law, to preserve health for a long time, instead of cramming, eat a little less of the hunger we have.

Do not eat until full. 

When water moves and flows fresh, it doesn't stagnate. Similarly, your vehicle for life needs a little daily maintenance so it can last for many years. Besides, exercise secretes the hormones of happiness.

Get fit for your next Birthday.

Although most human beings live in cities, it makes us merge with nature. We need to regularly return to it to charge the batteries of the soul.

Reconnect with Nature 

They are the best medicine to dissolve concerns with pleasant talk, telling and listening to stories that lighten the existence, asking for advice, having fun together, sharing, and dream; In other words, Living.

Surround yourself with wonderful friends.

The rush is inversely proportional to the quality of life. As a proverb says:
"Walking slow gets you far." When we leave the urgencies behind, time and life gain a new meaning.

Take it easy

Within you, there is a passion, a unique talent that gives meaning to your days and pushes you to give your best until the end. If you haven't found your Ikigai,Keep searching until you do.

Los Angeles Times bestseller • More than 1.5 million copies sold “If hygge is the art of doing nothing, ikigai is the art of doing something—and doing it with supreme focus and joy.” —New York Post Bring meaning and joy to all your days with this internationally bestselling guide to the Japanese concept of ikigai (pronounced ee-key-guy)—the happiness of always being busy—as revealed by the daily habits of the world’s longest-living people. *And from the same authors, don’t miss The Book of Ichigo Ichie—about making the most of every moment in your life.* * * * What’s your ikigai? “Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.” —Japanese proverb According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai—a reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world’s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai—the place where passion, mission, vocation, and profession intersect—means that each day is infused with meaning. It’s the reason we get up in the morning. It’s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there’s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they’ve found a real purpose in life—the happiness of always being busy. In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds—one of the world’s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and—their best-kept secret—how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. Because who doesn’t want to find happiness in every day? A PENGUIN LIFE TITLE

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • 1.5 MILLION+ COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE “Workers looking for more fulfilling positions should start by identifying their ikigai.” ―Business Insider   “One of the unintended—yet positive—consequences of the [pandemic] is that it is forcing people to reevaluate their jobs, careers, and lives. Use this time wisely, find your personal ikigai, and live your best life.” ―Forbes Find your ikigai (pronounced ee-key-guy) to live longer and bring more meaning and joy to all your days. “Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.” —Japanese proverb   According to the Japanese, everyone has an ikigai—a reason for living. And according to the residents of the Japanese village with the world’s longest-living people, finding it is the key to a happier and longer life. Having a strong sense of ikigai—where what you love, what you’re good at, what you can get paid for, and what the world needs all overlap—means that each day is infused with meaning. It’s the reason we get up in the morning. It’s also the reason many Japanese never really retire (in fact there’s no word in Japanese that means retire in the sense it does in English): They remain active and work at what they enjoy, because they’ve found a real purpose in life—the happiness of always being busy. In researching this book, the authors interviewed the residents of the Japanese village with the highest percentage of 100-year-olds—one of the world’s Blue Zones. Ikigai reveals the secrets to their longevity and happiness: how they eat, how they move, how they work, how they foster collaboration and community, and—their best-kept secret—how they find the ikigai that brings satisfaction to their lives. And it provides practical tools to help you discover your own ikigai. Because who doesn’t want to find happiness in every day?

Hector Garcia was born in Spain in 1981 and has been living in Tokyo since 2004. During his spare time he writes aGeekinJapan.com, one of the most widely-read blogs in the world in Spanish and in English, as well as books about his experiences in Japan. He is the author of the bestsellers: Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life and A Geek in Japan. You can find more of Hector's musings at ageekinjapan.com

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Francesc Miralles Contijoch is a Catalan writer, essayist, translator, and musician.

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Self-esteem is critical to happiness and success. According to experts, self-esteem is a judgment we make about ourselves, our abilities, and our worthiness. Low self-esteem can lead to anxiety, depression, and a host of other mental health issues. So how can you boost your self-esteem? Here are three ways.

3 Powerful Ways To Improve Your Self-Esteem

Self-reflection is a powerful tool that can help you learn more about yourself and your motivations. It can also help you become a better leader and make better decisions. When you take the time to reflect on your thoughts and feelings, you can gain a deeper understanding of what makes you tick. This can be helpful when it comes to setting goals and making choices that are in line with your values.

1. The Power of Self Reflection

Affirmations are positive statements that you say to yourself to increase your self-confidence and change your negative thinking patterns. They can help you to achieve your goals and dreams by programming your subconscious mind to believe in yourself. Affirmations work best when you are specific, positive, and believable.﻿

2. The Power of Affirmations

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Gratitude has the power to change your life. It’s the simple act of being thankful for the good in your life, no matter how big or small. When you focus on the good, you open yourself up to more good things coming your way.Gratitude is one of the most powerful emotions that we can experience. It can completely change our mood and outlook on life in an instant. When we are grateful, we are happier, more positive, and feel more connected to others.

3. The Power of Gratitude

Self-esteem is critical to happiness and success. According to experts, self-esteem is a judgment we make about ourselves, our abilities, and our worthiness. Low self-esteem can lead to anxiety, depression, and a host of other mental health issues. So how can you boost your self-esteem? Here are three ways. 1. The Power of Self Reflection…

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Trust takes a different shape depending on the form of partnership, but in all circumstances, we should try to design our partnerships — whether professional or personal — to default to trust. Here are 7 guiding principles:<ol><li>Assume good intentions</li><li>Create a safe, honest space for trust to grow</li><li>Be transparent and clear</li><li>Make hard conversations the norm</li><li>Allow mistakes to build trust</li><li>Watch your body language</li><li>Trust yourself</li></ol>

Ground Truth: Default To Trust

Don’t jump to conclusions about the other person’s actions, going immediately to a place of fear or distrust. Trust grows when you are confident the other person has your back, as well as the collective benefit of the relationship in mind.  A strong purpose helps embed good intentions in every action. It deepens momentary trust into something enduring and profound. Consistently defaulting to trust takes a leap of faith, which in turn encourages more trust.

1. Assume good intentions

This requires time and regular moments that build stability, history and joy. When you make honesty and openness a central priority with your Deep Connections, people won’t hide from difficult conversations. Don’t be afraid to talk about the tough stuff.

2. Create a safe, honest space for trust to grow

It’s easier to be honest and open when you design for transparency. A clear operating framework, including clear roles and responsibilities, is fundamental in enabling trust to flourish. It allows people to be heard, make decisions, take risks, be efficient and do extraordinary thinks.

3. Be transparent and clear

Don’t be afraid to talk about the tough stuff. The idea is to communicate openly, always, so that people are free to express themselves even when what they have to say is hard to hear. The worst thing you can do is disengage, ignoring stressors on yourself and others until the tremors grow into an earthquake that could destroy the relationship.

4. Make hard conversations the norm

No matter how carefully you craft a relationship, there are moments when trust can be broken, especially in the early stages, when you and your partner don’t have a sense of shared history to help you understand why someone is doing something that appears hurtful. Acknowledging and taking responsibility for mistakes can go a long way toward building trust. Ultimately, building enduring trust with someone else is impossible unless you already have that kind of trust in yourself.

5. Allow mistakes to build trust

Rolling your eyes or turning your back when someone is talking to you can be all it takes to undermine trust.

6. Watch your body language

Ultimately, building enduring trust with someone else is impossible unless you already have that kind of trust in yourself. As you better understand yourself, you will come to recognize that other people are simply trying to be their best selves, too. That understanding will enable you to collaborate more openly and effectively.

7. Trust yourself

Jean Oelwang, the president and founding CEO of Virgin Unite, has interviewed hundreds of people to figure out the key elements behind great partnerships. One of the most critical (and tricky) is trust -- and she explains how you can foster it.

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Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power When it comes to power, outshining the master is perhaps the worst mistake of all.

1: Never outshine the master

The key to power is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.

2: Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies

Hide your intentions not by closing up but by talking endlessly about your desires and goals— just not your real ones.

3: Conceal Your Intentions

Power cannot accrue to those who squander their treasure of words. Once the words are out, you cannot take them back. Keep them under control.

4: Always say less than necessary

Learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.

5: So much depends on reputation, guard it with your life

Surround your name with the sensational and the scandalous.Better to be slandered and attacked than ignored.

6: Court attention at all costs

For negotiations or meetings, it is always wise to lure others into your territory, or the territory of your choice. You have your bearings, While they see nothing familiar and are subtly placed on the defensive.

7: Make other people come to you, use bait if necessary

When you suspect you are in the presence of an infector, don’t argue, don’t try to help, don’t pass the person on to your friends, or you will become enmeshed. Flee the infector’s presence or suffer the consequences.

8: Infection: Avoid the unhappy or the unlucky

The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear.You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.

9: Use absence to increase strength and honor

Remember: You have only so much energy and so much time. Every moment wasted on the affairs of others subtracts from your strength.

10:  Do not commit to anyone, but be courted by all.

10 Powerful Lessons From the Book “The 48 Laws of Power”

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.

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Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum.   Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.

Robert Greene is an American author of books on strategy, power, and seduction. He has written six international bestsellers, including The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature.

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The fixed mindset says: “I can’t do it”. The growth mindset says: “I can’t do it yet”.

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better? Why hide deficiencies instead of overcoming them?

People in a growth mindset don’t just seek challenges, they thrive on them.

The growth mindset does allow people to love what they’re doing—and to continue to love it in the face of difficulties.

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

The fixed mindset makes you concerned with how you’ll be judged; the growth mindset makes you concerned with improving.

Becoming is better than being. The fixed mindset does not allow people the luxury of becoming. They have to already be

People with the growth mindset, however, believe something very different. For them, even geniuses have to work hard for their achievements

hose with the growth mindset found setbacks motivating. They’re informative. They’re a wake-up call.

Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset—creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.

10 Deep Insights From the Book “Mindset”

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success-but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn't foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals-personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us success-but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence and ability doesn't foster self-esteem and lead to accomplishment, but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset, we can motivate our kids and help them to raise their grades, as well as reach our own goals-personal and professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents, teachers, CEOs, and athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning and a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area.

Carol Dweck is an accomplished writer whose work has resonated with readers around the world. Carol Dweck has published several books that explore a range of topics, from fiction to nonfiction, and has received critical acclaim for the ability to weave compelling narratives. Carol Dweck's writing style is known for its depth and authenticity, and has earned quite a loyal following of readers.

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Never underestimate the hard work and lower probability of success, just because we are shown more successful people than many more actual failures.It does not mean, in any way, that you should not dream big. It just says that don't get overawed by the number of success stories you read and assume that success would be easy. No one prints the failure stories.

1. Hard Work

It is a tendency to interpret new information so that it becomes compatible with our existing theories.Warren Buffet has seen people losing money with this because they ignore facts that contradict the theory in the mind of the investor.Disconfirming evidence must be sought out to beat this theory.

2. Confirmation bias is the mother of all misconceptions.

If you ever find yourself in a tight unanimous group, you must speak your mind, even if your team does not like it, and even if it means risking expulsion from the warm nest.And if you lead a group, appoint someone as devil's advocate.He or she will not be the most popular member of the team, but definitely the most important.

 3. Speak your mind

Send an email to 10,000 people with the stock market predictions by dividing them into 2 groups - telling reverse prediction to each group. Prediction for one of the groups will come true.Send a new prediction to the 5,000 whom you predicted correctly earlier - again after dividing them into 2 groups...carry on like this, and the last 100 would consider you as a genius. People get inducted into a decision based on history without thinking logically.

4. Induction

The fear of losing something motivates people more than the prospect of gaining something of equal value.

5. Loss Aversion 

10 Powerful Lessons of the book “The Art of Thinking Clearly” 

A world-class thinker counts the 100 ways in which humans behave irrationally, showing us what we can do to recognize and minimize these “thinking errors” to make better decisions and have a better life Despite the best of intentions, humans are notoriously bad—that is, irrational—when it comes to making decisions and assessing risks and tradeoffs. Psychologists and neuroscientists refer to these distinctly human foibles, biases, and thinking traps as “cognitive errors.” Cognitive errors are systematic deviances from rationality, from optimized, logical, rational thinking and behavior. We make these errors all the time, in all sorts of situations, for problems big and small: whether to choose the apple or the cupcake; whether to keep retirement funds in the stock market when the Dow tanks, or whether to take the advice of a friend over a stranger. The “behavioral turn” in neuroscience and economics in the past twenty years has increased our understanding of how we think and how we make decisions. It shows how systematic errors mar our thinking and under which conditions our thought processes work best and worst. Evolutionary psychology delivers convincing theories about why our thinking is, in fact, marred. The neurosciences can pinpoint with increasing precision what exactly happens when we think clearly and when we don’t. Drawing on this wide body of research, The Art of Thinking Clearly is an entertaining presentation of these known systematic thinking errors--offering guidance and insight into everything why you shouldn’t accept a free drink to why you SHOULD walk out of a movie you don’t like it to why it’s so hard to predict the future to why shouldn’t watch the news. The book is organized into 100 short chapters, each covering a single cognitive error, bias, or heuristic. Examples of these concepts include: Reciprocity, Confirmation Bias, The It-Gets-Better-Before-It-Gets-Worse Trap, and the Man-With-A-Hammer Tendency. In engaging prose and with real-world examples and anecdotes, The Art of Thinking Clearly helps solve the puzzle of human reasoning.

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