Mindset: Identity & self-belief
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Productivity & habits
Podcast
Seven journaling strategies from Marcus Aurelius and the Stoics
The Daily Stoic
March 20, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Marcus Aurelius journaled as spiritual combat, not self-expression
- Evening review alone produces a 25% measurable performance increase
- Repetition is the point — drilling ideas into muscle memory, not variety
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Five steps to stop people-pleasing and return to your authentic self
Dr. Grace Lee
March 16, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Mental health & wellbeing
6
- People-pleasing stems from a belief that part of you is unlovable.
- Living by someone else's values always creates unsustainable internal conflict.
- Fear and gratitude cannot coexist — gratitude eliminates approval-seeking.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Nims Purja: how extreme self-belief broke mountaineering's hardest record
Founders
March 11, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Management
5
- Started climbing at 29, no experience — shattered an 8-year world record.
- Quit Special Forces, re-mortgaged his house, began with 15% of required funding.
- The mind quits before the body — every summit was won psychologically first.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Handling fear of criticism and rejection at work
Dr. Grace Lee
March 9, 2022
Resilience & grit
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Labeling feedback as criticism makes you its victim instantly.
- Sensitivity to criticism reveals something you haven't owned about yourself.
- Genuine curiosity replaces defensiveness — and keeps you professional.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Andrew Sullivan on the classics, independent thinking, and the dangers of social media
The Daily Stoic
March 5, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Deep work & focus
8
Mental health & wellbeing
5
- Losing a shared classical canon makes liberal democracy itself fragile.
- Audience capture turns independent thinkers into radicalized, angry partisans.
- Social media's addictive design colonises the slow, deep mind the classics built.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Overthinking is the founder's biggest mistake: the midwit meme explained
Y Combinator
March 2, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Pivoting
5
- The idiot approach and the genius approach are usually identical.
- Fundraising, MVPs, co-founders: the midwit overcomplicates every decision.
- Most startup ideas that worked started embarrassingly simple.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Arthur Brooks on happiness, professional decline, and the four true investments
The Daily Stoic
February 23, 2022
Identity & self-belief
8
Relationships & family
8
Work-life balance
7
- Satisfaction equals haves divided by wants — managing wants is the only lever.
- Money, power, prestige, and pleasure are false idols that compound dissatisfaction.
- Success addiction is socially rewarded but structurally identical to any other addiction.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Why you keep watching others instead of starting your own thing
Silicon Valley Girl
February 17, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
7
Vision & mission
6
- Comparing yourself to others at point B while you're at point A is always invalid
- Starting requires three things: self-belief, action, and understanding the system
- People who discourage you are projecting their own inaction onto you
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Alexander the Great: lessons from history's most relentless conqueror
Founders
February 16, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Identity & self-belief
6
- The same extreme traits that make founders unstoppable can destroy them
- Alexander combined an excessive tolerance of fatigue with an intolerance of slowness
- Darius executed the one advisor who told him the truth — and lost everything
10 lessons I'd tell myself if I started over as an entrepreneur
Sunny Lenarduzzi
February 15, 2022
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
7
- Vanity metrics feed your ego but drain your energy and soul
- Burnout at 29 forced a redefinition of success as peace, not busyness
- Being uncopyable comes from grounding everything in your own story
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to know yourself and refuse to be defined by others
Dr. Grace Lee
February 5, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
- Tying identity to job title makes every career setback an existential crisis
- Childhood attachment needs cause us to abandon authenticity and absorb others' values
- Uncovering your true values is the only foundation for genuine self-knowledge
Resilience & grit
Podcast
21 Stoic quotes to guide a better life
The Daily Stoic
January 30, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Goal setting
6
- Why the best revenge is simply refusing to become like them
- Self-sufficiency beats wealth — want less, depend on nothing
- Time and patience are your most powerful allies, not speed
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Five strategies to nail your performance review
Dr. Grace Lee
January 29, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Goal setting
7
Productivity & habits
6
- Show ripple-effect impact on revenue, not just task completion.
- Partial progress on past challenges still counts — communicate the steps.
- Arrive with a post-review action checklist aligned to company goals.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Four career lessons from top Australian business leaders
How I Work
January 24, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Identity & self-belief
7
Long-term planning
6
- Hard times develop you more than comfortable periods ever will.
- Position yourself in growing sectors — opportunity rises with them.
- Not all feedback is equal; filter by who is qualified to judge.
How to build capacity and achieve meaningful goals
Dr. Grace Lee
January 15, 2022
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
7
- Capability is about holding energy, not just taking action
- Unknown unknowns are where your biggest opportunities hide
- Busyness and responsive action are not the same thing