1. Nassim Taleb’s Anti-fragility:
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1. Nassim Taleb’s Anti-fragility:
2. Tim Gallwey’s The Inner Game of skill acquisition:
Time to deliver!
Just do it!
Pull the trigger.
Face the fear and do it anyway.
Participate! Have a go!
I am what I do.
Walk the talk.
Quit talking and start doing.
Face the fear and do it anyway. (Susan Jeffers)
I can handle it. (Susan Jeffers)
Why not?
Finish what I started.
I won’t always feel this bad.
This too shall pass. (Persian proverb)
Shhhh! Not helpful ( to my inner doomsday voice)
Life is an adventure.
I can do this.
I am growing.
I can change.
I am growing my brain.
Shhhh! (to my internal chatterbox)
Focus like a laser.
Pay attention. This is important.
Next time.
I’m not there yet.
What can I learn from this?
What to do next time.
What else can I try?
Try again.
Move on!
The past is dust.
I tried my hardest.
It’s OK to fail.
All life is an experiment. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
I’m a beginner. I’m supposed to make mistakes.
Life’s uncertain. I can’t predict what will work.
I stuffed up. It’s OK. I’m not supposed to be perfect.
P = positive affect ( feeling happy)
E = engagement, flow, absorption in whatever you’re doing
R = relationships, positive ones
M = meaning in your life
A = accomplishment, pursuing success and mastery just because it’s satisfying
(from Flourish by Martin Seligman, p 16)
“I would like to do well, but too bad if I don’t.”
(Albert Ellis, 2004)Controlling Your Emotions Before They Control You
S = Stop
T = Think
A = Act
R = Review
STAR is a handy acronym that reminds us to use that space that sits between the stimulus coming in and our response going out: S R.
STAR wants us to make that space bigger than we usually do and also to spend some time thinking about how our action turned out.
STAR wants us to:
STAR tells us that “an impulsive me is an ineffective me”.
Here are some wise words from The Inner Brat Newsletter
“Engage brain before putting mouth into gear.”
I couldn’t find the origin of this saying, but it ranks in my top ten instructions for successful living. It’s just another way of saying, “Think before you speak,” but it sounds much more important.
When your mouth gets moving before your brain is engaged, your inner brat is unfettered. There is no filter to prevent you from saying things you might later regret.
Here are some risks of speaking without thinking:
• You might hurt/alarm/offend others, intentionally or not
• You might regret betraying secrets and confidences
• You might lose the advantage while negotiating
• You might lose respect from others
• Your reputation might suffer long-term damage
• You might lose your chance for a date, for a job or for a promotion
• You might get into trouble with the law
• You can’t take back what you said
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This is a work in progress!!
I’m typing this from memory. I still have to organise the points under logical headings. I’ve left lots of points out- -and I still have lots more topics to cover.
Here is a simple idea: if I memorise what I want to do, I’m more likely to do it.
If I can’t remember something, I definitely can’t do it.
Writing everything down as checklists and checking those checklists every now and then helps, but it’s heaps better if I just know “deeply” all the things I want to do.
It’s hard memorising long lists. Of course, there’s a whole body of research behind how to memorising lots of information. I should look that information up and memorise the key steps!!!
One possible spin-off of all this list -remembering I do is my working memory may be growing! It sure does feel like something is growing inside my brain because trying to remember all this stuff hurts so much!
“That’s not my problem!” when the consequences of not speaking up could be catastrophic.
“We are the way we are. It’s too hard to change.”
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