Mindset: Identity & self-belief
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Resilience & grit
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Three techniques to maintain composure under pressure
Dr. Grace Lee
September 21, 2022
Resilience & grit
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Public speaking
6
Identity & self-belief
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- Anxiety comes from your thoughts, not the situation itself
- Deliberately engaging cognition quiets the amygdala on the spot
- Shifting focus to serving others instantly reduces performance anxiety
Identity & self-belief
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Overcoming the fear of your own success
Dan Martell
September 19, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
- Most people fear failure — the real block is fearing success
- Building a 'shadow career' is how we avoid owning our true identity
- A 10-year commitment turns dabbling into mastery
Resilience & grit
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Presence, control, and discomfort: three stoic questions answered
The Daily Stoic
September 16, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Deep work & focus
6
- Control what you can; influence the rest — release the outcome.
- Fifty-two voluntary discomforts a year builds lasting willpower.
- Stoic practice is built daily through reading, writing, and discourse.
Identity & self-belief
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First-time founder advantages over second-time founders
Y Combinator
September 15, 2022
Identity & self-belief
8
Customer discovery
7
Niche selection
6
- No expert network means you talk to users instead of startup friends.
- Having nobody to impress makes it easier to pick bold, contrarian ideas.
- Fundraising constraints force first-timers to build great products from day one.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Stoic self-sufficiency: greatness and a new way to pray
The Daily Stoic
September 12, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
8
- The man brings distinction to the office, not the role to the man.
- Reframe prayer: ask to stop needing things, not to receive them.
- Self-sufficiency means training to make luck and circumstance irrelevant.
Identity & self-belief
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Epictetus: The Enchiridion — practical rules for living (Part 2)
The Daily Stoic
September 11, 2022
Identity & self-belief
10
Resilience & grit
9
Goal setting
5
- Only your judgment about an event can harm you — not the event.
- Being passed over costs nothing; you simply kept your dignity instead.
- Most people master philosophical logic while failing to apply rule one.
Resilience & grit
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Balancing optimism and pessimism as a startup founder
Y Combinator
September 9, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
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- One bad signal is not proof your startup is broken
- Magical thinking: believing normal cause and effect doesn't apply to you
- The best founders hold pessimism and optimism simultaneously
Resilience & grit
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Do not be deceived by fortune: the Stoic case for resilience
The Daily Stoic
September 8, 2022
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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- Treating good fortune as permanent sets you up for collapse.
- Seneca survived exile because philosophy prepared him beforehand.
- Normal is chaos — sudden reversal is not the exception.
Identity & self-belief
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Jon Acuff and daughters adapt the Soundtracks mindset framework for teenagers
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 5, 2022
Identity & self-belief
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Resilience & grit
6
- Broken teenage thoughts run unchallenged for 20 years into adulthood.
- Three questions — true, helpful, kind — expose any broken soundtrack fast.
- Teenagers co-wrote the book; adults consistently misjudge what teens care about.
Resilience & grit
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Rest is not weakness: the Stoic case for leisure and hard training
The Daily Stoic
September 5, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Work-life balance
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- Ancient Greeks defined leisure as freedom for intellectual growth, not idleness.
- Seneca and Epictetus prescribed deliberate hardship to build resilience before crises hit.
- Physical training rehearses overriding resistance in every area of life.
Resilience & grit
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Freedom as self-discipline: a Stoic framework for strength
The Daily Stoic
September 1, 2022
Resilience & grit
10
Identity & self-belief
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- True freedom is the opportunity to discipline yourself, not escape constraints.
- Voluntary hardship — cold showers, hard runs — builds an unshakeable inner soul.
- A soul trained through adversity needs no repair when real difficulty arrives.
Identity & self-belief
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Zero-sum vs positive-sum thinking for founders and people
Y Combinator
September 1, 2022
Identity & self-belief
8
Vision & mission
6
- Zero-sum players only learn when they blow up — no gradual feedback.
- FOMO from watching others 'win' obscures whether they're actually cashing out.
- Rich and unhappy is real; legacy and money are not the same thing.
How to transition careers by identifying priorities, transferable skills, and building a network
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 29, 2022
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Prospecting & outreach
5
- Clarity about life priorities must come before any career move.
- Every role builds transferable skills — even ones you outgrow.
- All client work came through relationships, not formal networking.
Identity & self-belief
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How to stop living for others' approval and find your next level
Silicon Valley Girl
August 27, 2022
Identity & self-belief
8
Long-term planning
6
- Criticism hurts less when your strategy no longer depends on approval.
- Cutting social feeds and traveling reconnects you to what you actually want.
- Immediate execution urge — not vague interest — signals the right next move.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Stoic self-discipline: stop being tough for the wrong reasons
The Daily Stoic
August 15, 2022
Productivity & habits
8
Identity & self-belief
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- Performing toughness out of fear makes you genuinely weaker
- Ask one question before anything: is this necessary?
- Doing fewer things better beats busy meaningless effort