The Work Beneath the Work

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Goals

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How to Know When Persistence Is Good, and When It Is Bad

Quitters and persisters both have it wrong. Here's why: culture reads persistence as character. But it's not. Persistence is just arithmetic. It's just repetition. It's just a blind multiplier. So the persistence = character read has us blindly doubling down on plans that

The 52nd Rep

Sam Parr emailed Tim Westergren 52 times to get him to speak at an event. Most people would view the first 3 silences as rejection, never mind 51. I don't know Sam. But a pattern I've noticed with dozens of leaders leaves me confident his 52

Goals Can Be a Form of Self-Harassment

Naval Ravikant said a goal is a contract to be unhappy with yourself until you get what you want. I'd say it's a contract to be unhappy with yourself until you get what you think you want. Productivity culture treats goals as inert instruments. Tools you