Mindset: Resilience & grit
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Resilience & grit
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Why the world rewards courageous decisions
Dan Martell
October 24, 2022
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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- Walking away from millions to bet on yourself pays off
- Real risk must genuinely scare you — most founders play it safe
- Luck shows up, but only action lets you answer the door
Annie Duke on quitting, sunk costs, and decision-making
The Daily Stoic
October 19, 2022
Goal setting
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Resilience & grit
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Pivoting
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- Quitting at the right time is courageous, not cowardly.
- We stay in losing positions to avoid converting losses to reality.
- Tackle the hardest problem first before building anything else.
Work-life balance
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How to set boundaries that improve relationships, not limit them
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 10, 2022
Work-life balance
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Communication
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Resilience & grit
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- Unexpressed limits breed resentment — boundaries prevent it, not cause it
- A green-yellow-red script system makes hard conversations easier in practice
- Self-boundaries need a risk/freedom framework, not punishment or escalation
Resilience & grit
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Self-control and love: two stoic practices for the week
The Daily Stoic
October 10, 2022
Resilience & grit
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Motivation
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- Most people are controlled by their habits, not themselves.
- Sympathia: every human encounter is a chance to practice kindness.
- To be loved, love — the only stoic love potion that works.
Resilience & grit
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Amy Morin on mental strength and resilience
The Daily Stoic
October 8, 2022
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Identity & self-belief
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- Losing your mom at 23 and husband at 26 on the same date shaped a therapist's framework for mental strength
- Your narrative about adversity—cursed vs. resilient—matters more than the events themselves
- Mental strength comes down to one thing: stop caring what others think about you
Resilience & grit
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Stoic guidance on ambition, mortality, and inner resilience
The Daily Stoic
October 7, 2022
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Identity & self-belief
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Goal setting
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- Why erring toward kindness resolves the law-versus-justice tension
- Stoic ambition means controlling effort, not outcomes
- The inner citadel is built through philosophy and deliberate hardship
Resilience & grit
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Five ways to build your tolerance for risk
Masters of Scale
October 4, 2022
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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Business models
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- Understand risk as a spectrum, not binary choice; use data to reduce uncertainty.
- Commit fully to chosen bets once assessed; half measures kill startups.
- Align your team and ground decisions in principles to unlock collective risk capacity.
Work-life balance
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Sustaining high performance through stress management and intentional rest
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
October 3, 2022
Work-life balance
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Resilience & grit
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- Burnout stems from misalignment with purpose, not just overwork or stress alone.
- Stress is your resistance to reality—a choice you can change through perspective shifts.
- Love the process and the climb itself, not the destination or outcome.
Resilience & grit
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Creativity and agency in remote work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 26, 2022
Resilience & grit
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Founder interviews
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Work-life balance
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- Leaving Apple after 13 years when burnout became a matter of physical survival
- Opportunity debt: how employers weaponize benefits to create invisible, repayable obligations
- Creatives flow best when discovering ideas as archaeology, not inventing through willpower
Resilience & grit
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Discipline, freedom, and conquering panic: two Stoic principles
The Daily Stoic
September 26, 2022
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Deep work & focus
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- Temporary restraint now is the price of lasting freedom later.
- Panic is always self-inflicted — and makes every problem worse.
- Napoleon's daily rehearsal method eliminates fear through preparation.
Resilience & grit
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All that matters is how we respond
The Daily Stoic
September 22, 2022
- Your character is defined by how you respond, not what happens
- Treat adversity as training from a coach—seek the struggle out
- 4,000 weeks in a life: make each one count with purpose
Resilience & grit
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Three techniques to maintain composure under pressure
Dr. Grace Lee
September 21, 2022
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Public speaking
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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
Productivity & habits
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Queen Elizabeth II as a stoic model of self-discipline and temperance
The Daily Stoic
September 20, 2022
Productivity & habits
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Deep work & focus
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Resilience & grit
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- Power without the right to use it demands extraordinary self-control.
- Queen Elizabeth fell asleep in public exactly once — at age 78.
- Greatness is not only what you do, but what you refuse to do.
Identity & self-belief
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Overcoming the fear of your own success
Dan Martell
September 19, 2022
Identity & self-belief
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Resilience & grit
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- 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
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Identity & self-belief
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Deep work & focus
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- 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.