Thinking trail
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Today · April 24
"What is something you've changed your mind about in the last year?"
I used to believe that ambition required volume — that to be taken seriously you had to be loud about your wins. I changed my mind after watching a colleague get promoted by simply doing the work and saying very little. The quiet ones were paying attention to her the whole time.
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April 20
"Which belief of your 25-year-old self do you now find naïve — and tender?"
That if I worked hard enough, the world would be fair to me. I find this version of myself unbearable and also want to protect her.
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April 22
"What kind of attention are you trying to spend less of?"
The kind that performs concern without doing anything. I'm trying to spend it on people who actually want me to act.
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Yesterday · April 23
"When did you last feel genuinely understood?"
On a long train, sitting opposite a stranger who handed me a book she'd just finished and said: 'I think you're the next reader.' We never spoke again.
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