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Loyalty

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Some people mistake performance with loyalty. It’s common in sport, for example, where players are good only for as long as they wear the right jersey. And it’s common in business, where employees get rewarded for tenure and compliance.

But while performance can be fluctuating over a period of time and in context, there is no correlation with loyalty.

One could actually argue that the capacity to be in different teams, to learn from different environments, to deliver under different circumstances, tends to increase and strengthen performance.

So, when mixing performance with loyalty, what we are really doing is judging the worth of our cause, of our principles, in a sense of our very own performance. It’s one of those cases where we let the decisions and opinions of others affect how we think we are doing.

And we should try to never let that happen.

Outsource

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As we grow up, we get used to listening to others.

Parents, peers, friends, colleagues, bosses, partners, relatives, lurkers, fans, and haters.

All of them with their opinion of how it should be, what we should do, why we should worry, where we should go next.

But as we grow up, we also need to remember that part of that growing up is owning our own opinion. Choosing our path, unapologetically, and living according to our feelings, values, purpose.

We cannot outsource our life.

Omniscient

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Does AI need to be omniscient?

Would it not be possible for it to say: I don’t know. Or: this information might be incorrect. Or: do you mean this or that? Or: I don’t have enough information. Or: I need your help to get to this answer.

Why are we building arrogance within a tool that is supposed to expand our mind?

Treadmill

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Two things I noticed when running on the treadmill.

First, the first few minutes are a real pain. Legs are heavy, breathing irregular, body tense. Makes me want to give up right away.

Second, when I focus on the screen with pace, distance, and time, running feels a lot more difficult – mentally and physically – than when I focus on the wall 10 meters ahead of me.

The point being.

Getting started is rarely pleasant. And when you eventually get started, focusing too much on what you see right in front of you will make you lose perspective and vision, therefore decreasing your motivation.

Between accomplishment and disappointment

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There’s the excitement.

We often get excited. About a project, about a job, about a person. It’s the power of novelty.

There’s the action.

Some excitement is followed by action. We do the work, we show up, we are present.

There’s the habit.

Some actions and behaviours become a habit. We do them consistently, over a period of time, almost unconsciously.

The gap between excitement and habit is broad. And at the same time, what becomes a habit is way past exciting.

But it’s in this gap that you can find the difference between accomplishment and disappointment.

You got to be able to manage it.