The mind is a powerful thing.
But the more we explore the mystery of consciousness the more we realise how irrational we are, much like Jane Austen writes in Persuasion (also available on Audible):
How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!
To keep growing, here are some of my favourite Seth Godin quotes from his 2024 blog posts, together with a recommended title from Blinkist.
Curiosity is a choice. ~ I was wrong about sun tea
Learn more: The Curious Advantage
Facts are important, but facts don’t create learning. Stories do. ~ Take good notes
Learn more: Storytelling with Data
If you’re not willing to consider that you’re wrong, then, in the words of Dan Dennett, you’re a spectator, not a participant. ~ But what if I’m wrong?
Learn more: Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
In an economy built on skill, knowledge, and attitude, the single most powerful way to improve your productivity is to learn something. ~ Productivity week: Bonus
Learn more: The Science of Rapid Skill Acquisition
Learning is about becoming incompetent on our way to getting better. ~ In search of incompetence
Learn more: How We Learn
Making a new decision based on new information isn’t weakness. In fact, it’s the opposite. ~ Retreat!
Learn more: Four Ways of Thinking
Now that information is widely and freely available, our sense of agency around knowledge needs to change. ~ Willfully uninformed
Learn more: Think
Read a book, find a coach, organize a group. If you’re serious about getting better, you’ll improve. ~ The paradox of lessons
Learn more: Get Better at Anything
Resilience can be found by holding onto our certainties just a little less tightly. One way to do that is to remember just how often the old ones fade away. ~ The tooth fairy
Learn more: The Suggestible Brain
Successful communities celebrate learning. ~ Meaningfully informed
Learn more: Parasitic Mind
The hallmark of a curious person with goodwill is that they’re eager to change their minds. ~ The grid of inquiry
Learn more: Into the Magic Shop
Understanding is worth the effort. ~ Semantic algebra
Learn more: Eclipse of Reason
We learn by doing, not by winning. ~ Student coach
Learn more: The Courage to Teach
We need effort to find patterns. We need humility to accept the chaos. ~ Patterns and chaos
Learn more: Non-Obvious Thinking
When it’s important, we often benefit by thinking step by step. ~ Doing it step by step
Learn more: How to Think Like Socrates
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