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His top-line solution is to “adopt a growth mindset, and think about challenges and obstacles as context and problems to solve instead of as flaws.” There’s a fine line between taking on a worthwhile challenge, and taking on unnecessary stress. You want to eventually spend the bulk of your time doin
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- 🌱 **Adopt a Growth Mindset**: View challenges as opportunities to solve problems rather than flaws to avoid.
- ⚖️ **Balance Challenges and Stress**: Focus on high-stakes work with a good chance of success, avoiding unnecessary stress.
- 📈 **Mastery vs. Leveling Up**: Mastery involves improving your odds of success, while leveling up means taking on greater challenges.
- 🚶♂️ **Recognize Your Feelings**: If you feel self-doubt, keep pushing forward; if you feel frustration, consider stepping back.
- 🏆 **Define Your Own Success**: Success is subjective; avoid comparisons and grade yourself on your own curve.
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- His top-line solution is to “adopt a growth mindset, and think about challenges and obstacles as context and problems to solve instead of as flaws.”
- There’s a fine line between taking on a worthwhile challenge, and taking on unnecessary stress.
- You want to eventually spend the bulk of your time doing high-stakes work with a high likelihood of success. That’s why it’s №1 in the matrix. But the way you get there is important. You start in the lower right and move up the column before venturing into the next column to the left. You do this in as many domains of life — career, relationships, ...
- If you’re experiencing self-doubt, keep going. It means you want it, and that discomfort and fear means you’re growing. If you’re experiencing annoyance, meaninglessness, misery, or frustration, just walk away (if you can, and you can’t always). It’s futile, or you’re playing small, or the juice ain’t worth the squeeze.
- And you have full permission to grade yourself on a curve. What looks like success to you may not look like success to someone else, and there’s no need to compete or compare.
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