Category: Reading Notes

To motivate others, you must respect human nature and interests.

You need to respect others' human nature and their interests. Only then can you effectively drive them.

A healthy ecosystem requires three conditions.

The boss has strong connections. The boss's role isn't to do the work—it's to handle problems. The execution team and managers are motivated because they can make money.

The hidden condition is that the boss respects the humanity (and interests) of those doing the work.

First published 2023-09-12 19:15:22

Anticipating everyone else's expectations is part of my job.

First published 2023-10-09 07:18:21

The essence of life is its need—it must peck through the shell, emerge, and interact with the outside world.

Life is an exchange between the inner self and the external world.

The essence of life is its need—it must peck through the shell, emerge, and interact with the outside world.

Life is an exchange between the inner self and the external world.

First, you must desire it, then break through the shell and step out.

It's about building good habits: previewing, listening in class, reviewing, following the forgetting curve, and reinforcing relentlessly. That's the slow grind.

These good habits represent a systematic approach, using your own decade-plus system to withstand the test of exams.

Using the strength of your personal system to counter the escalating challenges.