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Read this korrent: Psychological flexibility is a learnable set of skills, not a personality trait.
Psychological flexibility is a learnable set of skills, not a personality trait.
Last stated 5 months ago
21 May 2026
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Steven C. Hayes — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: ACT is the application of psychological flexibility, not a technique. — tap to centre the map on it
ACT is the application of psychological flexibility, not a technique.
Last stated 7 months ago
24 Mar 2026
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Steven C. Hayes — holds since 2026-03-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most traits people treat as fixed — agency, confidence, charisma, warmth — are learnable if you believe they are and work at them. — tap to centre the map on it
Most traits people treat as fixed — agency, confidence, charisma, warmth — are learnable if you believe they are and work at them.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Empathy, body language and tone of voice are learnable skills, and expecting the world to adapt to how you are wired is not going to work. — tap to centre the map on it
Empathy, body language and tone of voice are learnable skills, and expecting the world to adapt to how you are wired is not going to work.
Last stated 3 months ago
1 Jul 2026
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Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being bad at something is not an intrinsic property of a person but a temporary state they can change whenever they choose. — tap to centre the map on it
Being bad at something is not an intrinsic property of a person but a temporary state they can change whenever they choose.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A student cannot flex their way into belonging in a hostile environment, and skills must never be used to blame people for exclusion. — tap to centre the map on it
A student cannot flex their way into belonging in a hostile environment, and skills must never be used to blame people for exclusion.
Last stated 5 months ago
21 May 2026
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Steven C. Hayes — holds since 2026-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology. — tap to centre the map on it
A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology.
Last stated 4 months ago
11 Jun 2026
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Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown. — tap to centre the map on it
A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown.
Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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Ralph Adolphs — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline. — tap to centre the map on it
A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A will indulged becomes lust, lust served becomes habit, and habit unresisted becomes necessity — tap to centre the map on it
A will indulged becomes lust, lust served becomes habit, and habit unresisted becomes necessity
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Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 396–400 CE — tap for who they are
Same subject: Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters — tap to centre the map on it
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness. — tap to centre the map on it
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 2 years ago
16 Nov 2024
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Shane Parrish — holds since 2024-11-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents. — tap to centre the map on it
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Lex Fridman — holds since 2026-02-12 — 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 earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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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 because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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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 all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
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Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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Psychological flexibility is a learnable set of skills, not a personality trait.
Last stated 21 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Steven C. Hayes
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
ACT is the application of psychological flexibility, not a technique.
Last stated 24 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Steven C. Hayes
Similar wording
Most traits people treat as fixed — agency, confidence, charisma, warmth — are learnable if you believe they are and work at them.
Last stated 10 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Cate Hall
Similar wording
Empathy, body language and tone of voice are learnable skills, and expecting the world to adapt to how you are wired is not going to work.
Last stated 1 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Kent Beck
Similar wording
Being bad at something is not an intrinsic property of a person but a temporary state they can change whenever they choose.
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Tobias Lütke
Similar wording
A student cannot flex their way into belonging in a hostile environment, and skills must never be used to blame people for exclusion.
Last stated 21 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Steven C. Hayes
Similar wording
A person cannot expect to find lasting balance between conflicting parts of their psychology.
Last stated 11 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Sasha Chapin
Same subject: discipline
A feeling outlasts the memory of what caused it: amnesic patients stayed sad long after they had forgotten the sad film they were shown.
Last stated 17 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ralph Adolphs
Same subject: discipline
A habit only survives difficulty if the person enjoys it, which makes enjoyment a better predictor of persistence than discipline.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds James Clear
Same subject: discipline
A will indulged becomes lust, lust served becomes habit, and habit unresisted becomes necessity
Last stated c. 396–400 CE
Holds Augustine of Hippo
Same subject: empathy
Abolitionists who felt the slave's wrongs were blind to the equal legal wrongs of their own mothers, wives and sisters
Last stated c. 1898
Holds Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Same subject: empathy
Assuming stupidity rather than malice changes the response: empathy and clarity instead of defensiveness.
Last stated 16 Nov 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Shane Parrish
Same subject: empathy
Being an excellent programmer is a burden rather than an advantage when learning to work with coding agents.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Lex Fridman
Same subject: motivation
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 10 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Cate Hall
Same subject: motivation
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.
Last stated 19 Jun 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Aravind Srinivas
Same subject: motivation
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
Last stated c. 1651
Holds Thomas Hobbes