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← Anyone pursuing ambitious plans has to learn to resist the pressure of what other people think.
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behavioural science Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Anyone pursuing ambitious plans has to learn to resist the pressure of what other people think. Anyone pursuing ambitious plans has to learn to resist the pressure of what other people think. Last stated a year ago
23 May 2025
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Jessica Livingston — holds since 2025-05-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them. — tap to centre the map on it Being told to be realistic about your ambitions is how ambitions fail; the boundaries people accept about what they can do are the ones that stop them. Last stated 2 months ago
24 Aug 2026
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Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Big tech companies are building a world that must be resisted. — tap to centre the map on it Big tech companies are building a world that must be resisted. Last stated 2 weeks ago
20 Oct 2026
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Rebecca Solnit — holds since 2026-10-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Everyone has a circle of competence, and it is very hard to advance — tap to centre the map on it Everyone has a circle of competence, and it is very hard to advance
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Charlie Munger — holds since c. 1994 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A leader can force people's behaviour to change, but not their thinking. — tap to centre the map on it A leader can force people's behaviour to change, but not their thinking. Last stated 2 years ago
6 Mar 2025
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Kapil Gupta — holds since 2025-03-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The leader of a large organization cannot change the plan every day without burning everyone out. — tap to centre the map on it The leader of a large organization cannot change the plan every day without burning everyone out. Last stated 8 months ago
15 Mar 2026
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2026-03-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Humans are hard-wired to be of weak principles and strong tribal allegiance — tap to centre the map on it Humans are hard-wired to be of weak principles and strong tribal allegiance Last stated 5 years ago
4 Mar 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The hard part of a shared story is not telling it but getting everyone else to believe it — tap to centre the map on it The hard part of a shared story is not telling it but getting everyone else to believe it
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Yuval Noah Harari — holds since c. 2011–2015 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The value people set on the opinion of others is out of all proportion to anything it can gain them — tap to centre the map on it The value people set on the opinion of others is out of all proportion to anything it can gain them
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Arthur Schopenhauer — holds since c. 1851 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A difficult problem is better thought through both forwards and backward than in one direction only. — tap to centre the map on it A difficult problem is better thought through both forwards and backward than in one direction only. Last stated 13 years ago
28 Oct 2013
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Shane Parrish — holds since 2013-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few dozen mental models are enough to get a firm grasp of how the world works. — tap to centre the map on it A few dozen mental models are enough to get a firm grasp of how the world works. Last stated 9 years ago
by 12 Aug 2017
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James Clear — holds since 2017-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A map is not the territory it represents, but if it is correct it shares the territory's structure, which is what makes it useful. — tap to centre the map on it A map is not the territory it represents, but if it is correct it shares the territory's structure, which is what makes it useful.
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Alfred Korzybski — holds since c. 1933 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
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Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are