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It tends to surprise people how humble aspiring greats seem to have been. What do you mean they weren’t aggressive, entitled, aware of their own greatness or their destiny? The reality is that, though they were confident, the act of being an eternal student kept these men and women humble. “It is impossible to learn that which one thinks one already knows,” Epictetus says. You can’t learn if you think you already know. You will not find the answers if you’re too conceited and self-assured to ask the questions. You cannot get better if you’re convinced you are the best. The art of taking feedback is such a crucial skill in life, particularly harsh and critical feedback. We not only need to take this harsh feedback, but actively solicit it, labor to seek out the negative precisely when our friends and family and brain are telling us that we’re doing great. The ego avoids such feedback at all costs, however. Who wants to remand themselves to remedial training? It thinks it already knows how and who we are—that is, it thinks we are spectacular, perfect, genius, truly innovative. It dislikes reality and prefers its own assessment.
Ego Is the Enemy
Ryan Holiday
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” —often attributed to GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. Although it’s doubtful he ever said it.
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?
Alan Alda
Nobel-Prize-winning economist and cognitive psychologist Herb Simon captured the essential dilemma of our lives in the digital world when he wrote that “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently.”
Attention Span
Gloria Mark
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