Mindset: Resilience & grit
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Resilience & grit
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Victim mentality is the biggest killer of success
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
May 8, 2019
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Identity & self-belief
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- Playing the victim guarantees you'll never get the promotion or success.
- Victims attract rescuers — and outsource all growth along with the work.
- One daily reframe flips victim thinking into compounding success.
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Solo sailing around both poles in a figure-eight: lessons for leaders
Bill Gallagher
February 13, 2019
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Goal setting
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- No one has ever attempted a solo figure-eight around both poles.
- Plans always break — setbacks are data, not failure.
- Mid-journey, inspiration is irrelevant; endurance and routine win.
Deep work & focus
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Mindfulness and meditation as leadership tools for entrepreneurs
Bill Gallagher
November 14, 2018
Deep work & focus
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Culture building
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Resilience & grit
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- The gap between stimulus and response is where better decisions live
- Aetna's mindfulness programme cut stress 28% and saved $3k per employee
- Most stressors resolve without intervention — reacting to everything is costly
Sam Altman on focus, risk, and choosing what to work on
Y Combinator
November 8, 2018
Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
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Resilience & grit
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- Why feeling busy for a decade can mean zero real progress
- The deferred life plan almost never works — pick one thing now
- Long-term wasted potential is the real risk, not short-term failure
Resilience & grit
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Sexual harassment in tech: a female founder's perspective
Noah Kagan
November 3, 2017
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Communication
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- Every woman who has raised money has encountered harassment.
- Power imbalances turn flirtation into professional coercion.
- Women maintain constant vigilance men rarely notice or understand.
Resilience & grit
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Overcoming fear to do brave, meaningful work
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
August 15, 2017
- Fear never disappears — bravery means acting anyway
- A packed schedule can still be complacency in disguise
- 85% of feared outcomes never actually happen
Identity & self-belief
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Aubrey Marcus on Questioning Rules and Living on Your Own Terms
Noah Kagan
June 13, 2017
Identity & self-belief
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Resilience & grit
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- Evaluate rules by harm to self, others, and environment.
- Question every automatic 'no' — trace it to its source.
- Ecstasis and evidence beat inherited moral prohibition.
Identity & self-belief
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Apprenticeship, smart cuts, and building a career without shortcuts
Noah Kagan
May 8, 2017
Identity & self-belief
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Resilience & grit
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Productivity & habits
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- Working for a mentor beats any credential — it's paid access to expertise.
- Turning down an early book deal made the eventual book far better.
- Smart cuts find faster routes; they don't eliminate the work required.
Resilience & grit
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Three lessons from top comedians that apply to any craft
Noah Kagan
April 24, 2017
Resilience & grit
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Identity & self-belief
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Productivity & habits
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- Top comedians worked 5–10 years unnoticed before anyone cared.
- Recording yourself and cutting what doesn't land beats blind repetition.
- Copying others is fine — until you find what's distinctly yours.
Identity & self-belief
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Overcoming insecurity about hair loss: seven practical steps
Noah Kagan
March 20, 2017
Identity & self-belief
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Resilience & grit
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- Name your insecurity out loud — it loses power immediately
- Embrace the shaved head or accept the fade; the middle destroys you
- You notice your flaws far more than anyone else ever does
Five things to tell your 25-year-old self
Noah Kagan
January 19, 2017
Goal setting
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Productivity & habits
7
Resilience & grit
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- Block calendar time for thinking, not just doing.
- A written 10-year vision — posted everywhere — keeps you on track.
- Young people get meetings; pay for dinners and shortcut years of mistakes.
Resilience & grit
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Sustaining high performance without burning out as a leader
Bill Gallagher
December 30, 2016
Resilience & grit
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Management
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Work-life balance
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- High performers pay a mandatory 30% health tax just for caring deeply
- Neglecting the 'self' passion bucket — not work — is what breaks leaders
- Emotions are tools for inspiration, never for decisions or reactions
Seven habits for building a meaningful and impactful life
Bill Gallagher
February 8, 2014
Motivation
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Resilience & grit
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Management
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- Start with what matters most — survival sorts itself out.
- Inspiration is viral; spread it before circumstances kill it.
- Playing to the point of failure teaches more than quitting ever does.
Resilience & grit
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How to re-inspire yourself when facing serious adversity
Bill Gallagher
October 24, 2013
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Founder interviews
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- A three-question framework turns paralysis into action in any crisis
- Radical transparency with your team unlocks solutions you can't find alone
- Acceptance — not optimism — is what clears the path to new ideas
Resilience & grit
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How to overcome fear and build a fulfilling life in health, wealth, and love
Noah Kagan
June 20, 2013
Resilience & grit
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Motivation
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- 84% of AppSumo's tests fail — failure is the baseline, not the exception
- Chasing money alone reliably kills happiness and business results
- Discomfort and loneliness signal growth, not a reason to stop