The Four A’s of Success, Own Your Losses, The Power of Intrigue

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3 Ideas For Better Habits

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Own Your Losses & Learn Your Lessons

Urban traveler and author Ian Tuhovsky on taking accountability for our actions to win in life. "A loser is someone who, after making a mistake, doesn’t introspect, doesn’t exploit it, feels embarrassed and defensive rather than enriched with a new piece of information, and tries to explain why he made the mistake rather than moving on."

Source: ​The Science of Self Talk: How to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence and Stop Getting in Your Own Way​ 2

Ask, Admit, Act, Achieve

Chief Executive Officer of Disney, Robert Iger, on what's needed to grow, learn, and succeed.

“Ask the questions you need to ask, admit without apology what you don’t understand, and do the work to learn what you need to learn as quickly as you can.”

Source: ​The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company​ ​3

Follow Your Curiosity

Leading thinker on creativity Ozan Varol, on making the most of uncertainty by keeping curious.

“Our ability to make the most out of uncertainty is what creates the most potential value. We should be fueled not by a desire for a quick catharsis but by intrigue. Where certainty ends, progress begins.”

Source: ​Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life​

Productivity Tools and Resources

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Centralize Your Calendar, Double Your Productivity

​Routine​ is an advanced calendar app to bring out the most productive you.

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Communication Made Simple and Effortless

​Loom​ allows you to cut down meetings by 29% by allowing you to record quick videos to update your team.

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Brain Food

Today I Learned: That one in ten Europeans are conceived in an Ikea bed. (​Source​)

Science: Warmer climate may drive fungi to be more dangerous to our health. (​Source​)

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