Good Traits
exploring good character traits, personalities, etc
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Good Traits
On people who are INTO it:
Have you ever had the experience, Jerry asks, where you look at something and go, ‘Wow, whoever made that—they were INTO it!’? “That’s what I care about. That’s all I care about. I don’t care about traits or techniques, I don’t care what you do or how you do it—I just want to see people and talk to people and be around peo
... See moreSometimes I’ve had this feeling like someone is so much smarter than me and therefore I have no hope of competing. But usually what is really going on is that they are just more obsessed than me. Intelligence is good, and some amount is required, but the obsession is better.
Patrick OShaughnessy • Tweet
on obsession
Resourcefulness is steady, patient, problem-solving persistence. A seemingly infinite capacity for a kind of trial-and-error that non-resourceful people would find impossibly draining and exhausting.
Venkatesh Rao • The Resourceful Life
How effective is humor as a leadership tool? Being funny is one of the ultimate weapons a person can have in human society. It might even compete with being really good-looking.
Daniel McGinn • Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Innovator, Micromanager
A kind person will help you understand reality as it is, prompt you to reflect, and nudge you to fine-tune your position till you get to a place where your resolution is helpful for you. A nice person will tell you what feels good - and often what you think you want to hear at that time - even if it doesn’t help you move past that situation.
The people who can turn 30 minute meetings into 5 minute meetings are so great
H/t Austen Allred
"Remember that buying s**t is not the same as having swag. Remember that having cool interests beyond cool clothes, and doing good deeds besides putting together sick outfits (which, to be clear, is a good deed), will make your clothes look better on you"
h/t BLKBRD_Spyplane