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If your private actions do not generalize, then you cannot have general ideas.
Skin_In_The_Game
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Mirrors work magic. Repeat the last three words (or the critical one to three words) of what someone has just said. We fear what’s different and are drawn to what’s similar. Mirroring is the art of insinuating similarity, which facilitates bonding. Use mirrors to encourage the other side to empathize and bond with you, keep people talking, buy your side time to regroup, and encourage your counterparts to reveal their strategy.
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It
Chris Voss
How to Debug Your Own Brain
Summary:
The business side of things is relatively fluid. It doesn't take a whole lot of mental effort or energy to keep those things in mind right now. You are the instrument that you use to get things done in the world. There's still a tremendous amount of effort and skill that's valuable in that domaind.
Transcript:
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Like when you're trying to get yourself to do something you know you should b be doing, but somehow there's some sort of barrier that's keeping you from doing that. I think at this point i've, i've worked in enough businesses and started enough of my own businesses, the business side of things is relatively fluid. It doesn take a whole lot of mental effort or energy to keep those things in mind right now. But you are the instrument that you use to get things done in the world. And so the the debugging your own mind and help and trying to anticipate how others are thinking and feeling and trying to optimize around that, there's still a tremendous amount of Effort and skill that's valuable in that domaind and i find myself thinking about tho sorts of things quite often.
#106 Josh Kaufman — Maximizing Our Locus of Control
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
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