[Read5for5 📚] Active vs. Passive Learning

“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”

― Marcus Aurelius

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Hi friends,

This is Kei and Kazuki from Glasp 👋

We are excited to start Day 3 of the 5 Day Reading Challenge 📚✨ Here are three good articles we choose, so when you finish reading any of them or any article you want, share it on Twitter with the hashtag, "#read5for5"! Let's read good articles together and connect with like-minded people 🤝

Today's Reading List 📚

(1) Active vs. Passive Learning by Morgan Housel (4 mins)

• Passive learning is self-directed, curiosity-driven exploration while active learning is structured education.

• Reading widely across different fields helps you grasp fundamentals about how the world works.

• Giving employees unstructured time boosts learning; many successful people credit key insights to passive activities.

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(2) The Power of the Underdog by Louis Greenstein (2 mins)

• Underdog status can be motivating to prove doubters wrong and improve performance. Crafting an underdog narrative aligns with one's identity.

• Undermining the source of low expectations (e.g. revealing hidden skills) helps overcome them.

• Managers can leverage the underdog effect by building confidence and pointing to successes that contradict low expectations.

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(3) What I Wish Someone Had Told Me by Sam Altman (1 min)

• Pursue ambitious goals with talented, committed teams focused on high-conviction bets.

• Move fast, take risks on people, cut bureaucracy that hinders outcomes.

• Build businesses that get compounding advantages from scale and working with great people.

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Excited to learn with you!
See you tomorrow again ;)

Best,
Glasp team

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