Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Labels that are self-limiting beliefs are the worst
To extend my thoughts on introversion yesterday, people really love placing labels on themselves in a self-limiting manner. Fat. Short. Lazy. Dumb. Introverted. And so forth. If there is an essential part of my ethos, it’s embracing the awesome. And instead of treating any label (that *I* am placing upon myself) as a limitation, I…
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An example of just awful “networking”
I lament about how bad people are at networking. Well, here’s an example from last week: I’m in a fair number of slack groups. A few of them are marketing related, and occasionally people share a link or two of theirs. It’s an un-written rule that you only share stuff people would be interested in.…
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Introversion does NOT mean “being shy”
One of my bugaboos is that people often confuse introversion with shyness. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. The simplest way to explain introversion: the need for space. That need for space can be for multiple reasons – for reflecting on one’s mental self, to restore energy “used” up during interactions, etc. That’s all it is…
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Association matters
You can glean a lot about someone by the people *they* recommend. Yikes.
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Intelligence: arrogance and thoughtfulness rarely mix
The smartest and most *thoughtful* people I know are some of the least arrogant. And some of the most arrogant people I know are those who are really smart in one area, and (incorrectly) think that makes them smart in other areas. And I frankly don’t trust them at all.
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