Sharing what I have learned from what I have read: A blog by Joe Abittan
One of the reasons I write this blog is because I believe that we need deeper conversations about minor aspects of our lives. I think we need to be more considerate about what is truly important, and we need to think more deeply about how we can remove some of the less important things, so … Continue reading Developing Self-Esteem
The final quote that I have from Cal Newport's book Deep Work is just a reminder of the pragmatic reality of deep work: "the ability to concentrate is a skill that gets valuable things done." The reason we should take ideas of deep work seriously is because it will help us be better at doing the … Continue reading Deep Work is Pragmatic
For a while I worked in the healthcare tech start-up space, and two of the biggest challenges we often faced was knowing what was the most important thing to work on, and how to be productive to accomplish our goals. I was in a role where I interfaced between multiple teams and a lot of … Continue reading Do You Know What Matters?
Ryan Holiday describes pride in his book Ego is the Enemy as a force that "takes a minor accomplishment and makes it feel like a major one." It is the piece of us that ascribes our success to some essential character of our selves and hyper-inflates that piece around us. It is the sense that … Continue reading Pride and Ego
Ryan Holiday describes pride in his book Ego is the Enemy as a force that "takes a minor accomplishment and makes it feel like a major one." It is the piece of us that ascribes our success to some essential character of ourselves and hyper-inflates that piece around us. It is the sense that we … Continue reading Pride and Ego
Ryan Holiday encourages his readers to be confident in who they are, but to build their confidence through real work and effort and to base their belief in themselves on real achievement. His book Ego is the Enemy is a look at how our egos can ruin our lives and put us in situations where we … Continue reading Believing in the Self and Achieving Success