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How to Move From Good to Great 🏆
Mario Peshev
May 14, 2024
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3 Ideas For Better Habits
Subtle Influences for Better Choices
Economist, Richard H. Thaler, on behavioral nudges.
"If you want to nudge people into socially desirable behavior, do not, by any means, let them know that their current actions are better than the social norm."
Source: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Finding Your Compelling Work
Business strategist, Jim Collins, on the pursuit of greatness.
"Indeed, the real question is not, ‘Why greatness?’ but ‘What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?’ If you have to ask the question, ‘Why should we try to make it great? Isn’t success enough?’ then you’re probably engaged in the wrong line of work.”
Source: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't The Pitfalls of Busywork
Productivity expert, Ryder Carroll, on focused action.
"Inevitably we find ourselves tackling too many things at the same time, spreading our focus so thin that nothing gets the attention it deserves. This is commonly referred to as 'being busy.' Being busy, however, is not the same thing as being productive."
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Brain Food
Today I Learned: Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, 120 times smaller than the island of Manhattan. (Source)
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