100,000 Bent Nails
Donald Hall tells the story of an eccentric who straightened bent nails.
When he died, he left a hundred thousand straightened nails. “…it was a sin to allow good material to go to waste.”
People are worth more than bent nails.
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Build Encouragement into Environments
Telling people to “be encouraged” is like telling plants to grow.
Words matter, but environments win.
Encouragement matters because discouragement is real.
How to build encouragement into environments?
When to Quit
Persistence is noble until it’s stupid.
Don’t quit because something is difficult. Everything meaningful is difficult.
Quit because it’s no longer worthwhile.
Sometimes you win when you quit.
5 Signs It’s Time to Quit
Secrets of Magnetic Leadership
Fake charisma is warts sprinkled with glitter. It disguises incompetence. Glitter hides bullies with manners. You don’t need a magnetic personality to make work compelling. Fake magnatism: Look at me. Theranos and the… Continue reading
Adaptive Confidence
Weak leaders demand certainty. Timid leaders cuddle with ambiguity.
Adaptive confidence is the ability to move forward with conviction while remaining willing to change your mind.
Learn 4 components of adaptive confidene.
Judgments Based on Fabrications
You haven’t figured yourself out. What makes you think you understand others?
Don’t make judgments based on fabrications.
Listen for “that’s because” when you evaluate people.
Judgments emerge from made up stories about why people do what they do.