Trust needs countless signals. It needs to be reinforced to stay intact, because it fades over time. Mistrust only needs one signal. It doesn’t need to be reinforced, because it grows stronger over time. The only thing that helps trust is people who forget, because they lack self-confidence, principles, pain, …
What’s better? Is it the same, for less? Is it more, for the same? Is it more, for more? Is it less, for less? Is it faster? Slower? Harder? Stronger? Softer? Better is a grey area statement. Better is subjective. It’s an opinion. My better is not your better. Your …
“Go where you’re celebrated, don’t go where you’re tolerated.” Yesterday I heard UFC Middleweight 6th time title defender Israel Adesanya say this in the middle of a sentence, when he was talking to the press about haters and his brothers/familty (team). It resonated.
How was your day? Triggers a “Hey how are you” response… Good. Fine. As opposed to “what made you feel awesome today?” “What was your biggest struggle today?” “What made you laugh today?” “What is your biggest challenge?” If we ask for specifics, we seem better listeners. And we might …
Are you going to work tomorrow? Or at least next Monday? If so, you have to go to work. Or are you? Imagine a world where you don’t have to do anything. You only get to. You get to… go to work, because you want to make money. You get …
The narrative always was: We need to trust each other and then we can be vulnerable. It can’t be more wrong. It’s the other way around: When we show vulnerability, we earn trust. So resist the temptation to be perfect with your audience (whether it’s your tribe, partner, colleagues, kids, …
Becoming good at something. Discovering you’re not good at what you thought you were good at. Failing. Overcoming adversity. Getting to know yourself. Sacrificing yourself for others. Owning things. Getting rid of things. Getting to know luxury. Looking at the same thing, person, relationship, from multiple angles. Playing a different …
I used to think everything is for sale. I was wrong. Reputation, integrity, self knowledge… Just some things that aren’t for sale. Neither the stuff many companies seem to know how to recruit for.
People that are/react angry are afraid of something. Fighting and fleeing are responses to fear. If you encounter a person who is (or becomes throughout a conversation) angry; what you definitely shouldn’t do is reinforce their anger by demanding their attention or even worse, demand their understanding of your point …
Ergo. Media is more powerful than weapons. Ergo. Media = mass influence. Ergo. Media is a primary influence activity. Already 500BCE a form of this quote was found in ‘Teachings of Ahiqar’ in the form of “The word is mightier than the sword”. Seems to have a lasting truth then. …