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The 2020 Navigate the Chaos calendar and book edition of the blog are both available here.
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Michael Edmondson
Nov 18, 2019
What level of effort do you give every project?
No matter how small a project you work on, and no matter what it is, put your heart and soul and sense of responsibility into it, and don
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Michael Edmondson
Nov 5, 2019
What is the connection between fear and grit?
“I've done a lot of thinking about fear. For me the crucial question is not how to climb without fear-that's impossible- but how to
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Michael Edmondson
Nov 4, 2019
How often do you have a bias towards action?
"But if we get on the treadmill together you’re getting off first, or I’m going to die. It’s really that simple. You are not going to o
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Michael Edmondson
Oct 26, 2019
Have you let your past define you?
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
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Michael Edmondson
Oct 23, 2019
How often do you improve yourself?
What can I improve? What do I need to change?
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Michael Edmondson
Oct 8, 2019
Are you improving your corner of the universe?
Author Aldous Huxley noted “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”
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Michael Edmondson
Aug 12, 2019
Do you know grit is more important than talent?
"Talent, IQ, and experience, once thought to be the three pillars of success, play a less important role than previously thought when c
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Michael Edmondson
Jun 8, 2019
Do you rely on subtle maneuvers?
Kafka described his approach to writing in a letter to a friend: “Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartme
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Michael Edmondson
Apr 9, 2019
How often do you blame others?
American martial artist Bruce Lee noted “The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ail
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Michael Edmondson
Mar 5, 2019
Are you clearing hurdles you set for yourself?
Fulfillment doesn’t come from clearing hurdles others set for you; it comes from clearing those you set for yourself.
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