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There’s no easy answer, but there are many helpful strategies, one of which is to actually practice holding the ambivalence instead of splitting it. When we recognize that two or more truths can coexist simultaneously, we open up to deeper connection, more clarity, and even previously unseen possibilities for ways forward. This practice will help you do that.
Insight to Practice: Holding Ambivalence
estherperel.substack.com
Persistence. The Fundamental Formula of Strategy specifies unchanging m—differential margins. Anyone who has done valuation work, M&A or value investing knows well that the bulk of a business’ value comes in the out years. For faster-growing companies, this reality becomes more accentuated. You won’t yield much from a few good years of positive m which then tapers off or disappears altogether. For example, let’s use a common valuation model: if a company were growing at 10% per year, the next three years would account for only about 15% of its value.
Maybe what looks like a symptom of depression—negative thinking—is the disease. Depression, he argued courageously, is neither bad brain chemistry nor anger turned inward. It is a disorder of conscious thought.
Learned Optimism
Martin E.P. Seligman
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