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← People often overfixate on reducing one thing at the expense of increasing another.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 22 Sept 2015 to 12 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under management management Everything filed under ambition ambition Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People often overfixate on reducing one thing at the expense of increasing another. People often overfixate on reducing onething at the expense of increasinganother. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Aug 2024 VV Visakan Veerasamy — holds since 2024-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Extra effort at the start of a project, even if it seems like overkill, almost always pays off. — tap to centre the map on it Extra effort at the start of aproject, even if it seems likeoverkill, almost always pays off. Last stated 6 years ago 25 May 2020 SD Sreetam Das — holds since 2020-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: The growth-mindset message may have stressed effort too much and made change sound too easy — tap to centre the map on it The growth-mindset message may havestressed effort too much and madechange sound too easy Last stated 11 years ago 22 Sept 2015 CD Carol Dweck — holds since 2015-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to unconsciously overestimate how much they personally contribute to shared work compared to others. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to unconsciouslyoverestimate how much theypersonally contribute to shared workcompared to others. Last stated 3 months ago 23 Jul 2026 GR Gretchen Rubin — holds since 2026-07-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to overestimate their own contributions to collaborative work. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to overestimate theirown contributions to collaborativework. Last stated 7 years ago 30 May 2019 CO Christopher Olah — holds since 2019-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effort that produces no visible improvement is being stored rather than wasted, because results arrive at a threshold instead of steadily. — tap to centre the map on it Effort that produces no visibleimprovement is being stored ratherthan wasted, because results arriveat a threshold instead of steadily. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JC James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pursuing efficiency pushes attention onto measurable factors and away from the psychological ones where the larger gains are available. — tap to centre the map on it Pursuing efficiency pushes attentiononto measurable factors and awayfrom the psychological ones wherethe larger gains are available. Last stated 11 months ago 9 Dec 2025 RS Rory Sutherland — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Relying more and more on one's existing strengths eventually stops being a winning strategy. — tap to centre the map on it Relying more and more on one'sexisting strengths eventually stopsbeing a winning strategy. Last stated 11 months ago 1 Dec 2025 BT Brandon Taylor — holds since 2025-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The causes of an outcome cannot be divided into slices that add up to 100 per cent, so a large effect from one cause does not leave a small remainder for the others. — tap to centre the map on it The causes of an outcome cannot bedivided into slices that add up to100 per cent, so a large effect fromone cause does not leave a smallremainder for the others. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Apr 2025 SD Saloni Dattani — holds since 2025-04-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being professionally offended by every little thing is no longer a dominant disposition — tap to centre the map on it Being professionally offended byevery little thing is no longer adominant disposition Last stated 2 years ago 6 Nov 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are
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At the centre People often overfixate on reducing one thing at the expense of increasing another. Last stated 21 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Visakan Veerasamy Read this korrent →