[Read5for5 📚] The Luckier You Are The Nicer You Should Be

“What's the world's greatest lie?… It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.”

― Paulo Coelho

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Hi friends,

This is Kei and Kazuki from Glasp 👋

We are excited to start Day 4 of the 5 Day Reading Challenge 📚✨ Here are three good articles we chose, 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) The Luckier You Are The Nicer You Should Be by Morgan Housel (2 mins)

• Morgan Housel discusses the difficulty in recognizing when good fortune in our lives might be temporary and the importance of preparing for inevitable downturns, highlighting the natural cyclical nature of events and the contrasting ways people react to risk versus luck.

• He points out the common failure to acknowledge the role of luck in positive outcomes, as seen in investing, business, and careers, where successes are often attributed to one's efforts rather than external, uncontrollable factors.

• Housel suggests a strategy for managing the unpredictability of luck: the luckier one becomes, the nicer one should be. This approach serves as a guard against entitlement and helps maintain humility and strong social connections, potentially leading to more sustainable, genuine success.

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(2) The Alchemy of Generative Questions by Anne-Laure Le Cunff (5 mins)

• The importance of asking questions, especially generative ones, is highlighted as a key to lifelong learning, critical thinking, and fostering deeper understanding and empathy in both personal and professional contexts.

• Generative questions are described as open-ended, multidimensional, and empathetic, capable of yielding powerful insights by connecting ideas from different areas of knowledge and experience. These questions go beyond seeking factual answers to explore feelings, motivations, and cultural contexts, and are viewed as a crucial skill that can be learned to enhance understanding and innovation.

• Effective strategies for asking generative questions include knowing your purpose, listening actively, interrupting wisely, using the right wording, and building a hierarchy in questioning.

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(3) Do You Doubt Yourself? Good. by Mark Manson (4 mins)

• Accepting Self-Doubt: Acknowledges that self-doubt is inevitable and stresses the importance of acting despite it, suggesting that overcoming doubts requires action, not the elimination of insecurities.

• Encouraging Reflection and Boldness: Promotes self-reflection on personal doubts and advocates for bold actions to confront these doubts, highlighting that small steps can lead to significant personal breakthroughs.

• Leveraging Community Experiences: Share reader stories to inspire action and resilience, showing that facing fears, embracing feedback, and using negative emotions as motivation can drive personal and creative growth.

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

Best,
Glasp team

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