Actualization via Iteration
Notes on personal growth, self actualization, and the cyclical iterations I go through to get there.
Actualization via Iteration
We are in an age of noise.
The frameworks that got us here, of jobs-to-be-done or product-market fit, will be insufficient going forward. For founders to have extraordinary outcomes, they will have to find alpha in markets that aren’t easily understood.
Which is to say, technology alone won’t be enough. The other essential ingredient will be taste.... See more
The frameworks that got us here, of jobs-to-be-done or product-market fit, will be insufficient going forward. For founders to have extraordinary outcomes, they will have to find alpha in markets that aren’t easily understood.
Which is to say, technology alone won’t be enough. The other essential ingredient will be taste.... See more
Evan Armstrong • Want to Build? Technical Excellence Won’t Be Enough.
Taste is insanely subjective but every now and then you align with the zeitgeist…boom.
People pleasing and why.
Yes.
We can take control by creating more choice points — moments where we recognize that choice is available to us. This might include choosing whether or not to ask for help, or whether or not to have a difficult conversation. We can further maximize our choices by being intentional about whether our decisions are based on our goals and values. Choice... See more
Choice is critical to sense of autonomy and contentment. Or at least the illusion of it.
HOW TO (actually) CHANGE YOUR LIFE THIS YEAR
People want to change their lives. They want to change their relationships, their bodies, their income, their brokerage accounts, their statuses, their homes. It’s so easy to identify what’s wrong on the outside and blame it for the feelings on the inside. Never is this so painfully clear as when the cale
... See moreSome research found that ongoing negative feedback towards the young person’s intuitive perception is the most damaging (Park et al., 1992). If the parents explicitly or implicitly reject the child’s idiosyncrasies, the child will internalize the shame of rejection and experience themselves as being profoundly bad (toxic shame), and their natural g
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Imi Lo
“I have a theory that the moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. I have tried this experiment a thousand times and I have never been disappointed.
The more I look at a thing, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the more I want to se
... See moreTake note, return to often.