[Read5for5 📚] How Experts Figure What to Focus On

“I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.”

― John D. Rockefeller

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Hi friends,

This is Kei and Kazuki from Glasp 👋

It's day 5, the last day of the 5 Day Reading Challenge 📚✨ We made it!

Here are three good articles for today, so when you finish reading any of them, share them on Twitter with the hashtag, "#read5for5"! Let's read good articles together and connect with like-minded people 🤝

Today's Reading List 📚

(1) How Experts Figure What to Focus On by James Clear (4 mins)

1. Discovery through Exploration: To identify a focus area, one should experiment with various options, finding what comes naturally and simplifying the decision-making process.

2. Decision and Commitment: It's vital to measure progress, make a decisive choice on what to focus on, and commit to it, despite uncertainties about the 'right' time or option.

3. Mastery and Simplification: Success requires consistent effort and repetition in the chosen focus area, leading to mastery of fundamentals and the ability to simplify by concentrating on essential aspects.

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(2) Why People Fail to Make Important Choices by Casey Rosengren (8 mins)

• Elle AI's Role: Introduces Elle, an AI tool aiding in decision-making, highlighting its necessity for business leaders facing tough choices.

• Decision-Making Barriers: Discusses psychological obstacles like existential anxiety and fear of loss that lead to decision-making avoidance in business.

• Improving Decision Skills: Recommends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques to better confront and make impactful decisions by understanding personal desires and fears.

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(3) The Beginner's Mind, How to Fail, & More by Sahil Bloom (2 mins)

1. Rich Text Formatting and Content Creation: Highlights the ease of creating and formatting a wide range of content, from headings to videos, in a single rich text element, emphasizing the simplicity and efficiency in content creation.

2. The Hidden Artist and Value of Friendship: Discusses the concept of an inner artist in everyone, encouraging its discovery and expression, and underscores the importance of friendship, likening its significance to art and philosophy, as essential for enriching life.

3. Embracing 'Shoshin' and Learning from Failure: Advocates for adopting the Zen Buddhist concept of 'Shoshin' (beginner's mind) for personal transformation, and portrays failure as a valuable learning experience, urging a positive reframe of failures as growth opportunities.

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See you tomorrow again ;)

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Glasp team

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