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February 7 · Issue #46 · View online
Each week, three links I think are worth reading. Less is more.
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The Beginner’s Guide to Deliberate Practice
So, how do you get better at something? Just piling up the hours isn’t enough. There are requirements of intention and technique. Do you do this?
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Ordinary Americans carried out inhumane acts for Trump
A week ago, men and women went to work at airports around the United States as they always do. They showered, got dressed, ate breakfast, perhaps dropped off their kids at school. The autocrat needs willing people to do his bidding. Remember Milgram. The discourse around what this administration is doing (and 45) suffers in my opinion from a lot of “black or white” judgement. He’s a bad person. Evil. We’re good people. Good people don’t do bad things. Breaking news: they do. These “black or white” judgements come with a worrying lack of empathy or compassion. Turning the “other” into somebody it is impossible to relate to – a non-human, in other words – is one of the things that creates these huge rifts we see in our ever-more-polarized social landscape.
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What to Say to Someone Who’s Grieving
“There is nothing you can say to heal someone else’s grief.” But that doesn’t mean you cannot be there. Just being present can make a world of difference. It’s not about the words you say, it’s about presence.
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