“A deer’s brain tells it to run because things are bad,” writes Ryan Holiday in The Obstacle is the Way.
“It runs. Sometimes, right into traffic.”
1: There is a better way. We can learn to slow things down. Steady our nerves. “We can question that impulse. We can disagree with it. We can override the switch, examine the threat before we act.”
The phrase “This happened, and it … continue reading
1: The German Blitzkrieg (translation: lightning war) was one of the most menacing and terrifying developments in modern warfare.
Having lost World War I in a series of drawn-out trench warfare, the Germans created a new fighting strategy for World War II: They would fight with concentrated mobile divisions. “Like the tip of a spear, columns of panzer tanks rushed into Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France with devastating results … continue reading
1: “This issue. This obstacle—this frustrating, unfortunate, problematic, unexpected problem preventing [us] from doing what [we] want to do,” writes Ryan Holiday in The Obstacle is the Way.
“What if embedded inside it or inherent in it were certain benefits—benefits only for [us]?”
What would we do? What would most people do?
“Let’s be honest: Most of us are paralyzed,” Ryan writes. “Whatever our individual goals, most of us … continue reading
1: The year was 170 A.D. Marcus Aurelius, the emperor of the Roman Empire, sat down to write.
Perhaps it was “at night in his tent on the front lines of the war in Germania,” writes Ryan Holiday in The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph. “Or perhaps it was before dawn at the palace in Rome. Or he stole a few seconds … continue reading
What exactly is “blissipline”?
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Nora Abousteit loves to throw a party.
1: “She hosts and attends more gatherings than most people I know, and she hosts more generously and seriously as well,” writes Priya Parker in The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters.
Nora is an entrepreneur who lives in New York City. “Born in a small town in Germany to a German mother and an Egyptian father, she has spent … continue reading
The big event is finally here. We have our guests’ attention. “They want to be there. They feel lucky to be there. They might well be considering giving the gathering their all,” writes Priya Parker in The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters.
1: One way to make an event memorable and worthwhile involves connecting our guests with one another. “One measure of a successful gathering … continue reading
For many years, when medical teams gathered to operate on a patient, they often didn’t know one another’s names before starting.
1: It turns out this practice had unintended and deadly consequences. “A 2001 Johns Hopkins study found that when members introduced themselves and shared concerns ahead of time, the likelihood of complications and deaths fell by 35 percent,” writes Priya Parker in The Art of Gathering: How We Meet … continue reading
1: It’s the first day of class at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. About one hundred graduate students find their seats. Professor Ronald Heifetz, a popular professor and well-known authority on leadership, sits in a black swivel chair in the front of the classroom.
He doesn’t take attendance or begin his lecture. He just sits there, staring at the ground “with a blank, slight bored look on his … continue reading
“There are no enlightened beings. There are only more or less enlightened moments.” -Dan Millman
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