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Develop your grit to reach success
Grit has proven one of the most important skills and traits in predicting success. That is, if you want to see who’s going to become successful, look for grit. Grit is what keeps you going when inspiration, motivation and sometimes even reason goes out the window. I’ve practiced grit over the past 6-7 years. More or less intentionally, I’ve tried to find ways to keep myself going when I don’t feel like it. It’s a big part of why I’ve developed the way I have in those years. Especially now, where I’ve set up a goal to become an ultra runner, I know that the practice is going to pay off. I’ve already felt it. I don’t want to exercise every day, despite that being my plan. But waking up at 4:30 on a windy/rainy/snowy Sunday morning, I don’t always want to go for a run. But I do it either way.
Competition as well as a roadblock
I’ve reflected quite a lot on my own competitiveness lately. I have a reputation among my friends of being obnoxiously competitive. It’s served me well at times, just as it’s been a hindering factor to many of my relationships. Hence, I want to work on making it a choice to be competitive. It's a superpower that should be used with care. Show notes: https://almerudcaspian.notion.site/Ri...
Change pt. 3
Show notes found here: https://almerudcaspian.notion.site/Ri...
Change pt. 2
In this episode, I discuss the concept of changing other people. I share the advice my mother gave me, stating that we cannot change others, but we can change the way we interact with them. Emphasising again that we can only change the intersection of our relationship with someone else. I introduce the concept of "me plus you equals we" and explain that we can only control what's in our control. I also discuss how my friend, who works as a consultant in digitalisation in schools, deals with resistance to change. He focuses on early adopters, who are more receptive to new ideas, and uses their influence to sway the indecisive middle and eventually the late adopters or "grumpy bunch." In summary, if we want to change someone else, we should focus on changing the intersection between our relationship with that person. The key takeaways from this episode are to change our perspective or approach in a relationship and to focus on early adopters when trying to implement change within a group. And if you want to read more on the topic, you'll find the show notes here: https://almerudcaspian.notion.site/Ri...
On Change pt. 1
How do you go about intentionally changing yourself? I've thought a lot about change. Especially on how to change myself. These are some of the thoughts that I've found the most interesting in terms of changing oneself, and that have helped me bring about the changes in me that I've wanted. And don't sleep on the show notes, there's a bunch of extra curricular for you there if you want it: https://www.notion.so/almerudcaspian/...
A riff on change – intro
I'm starting this project up again! This time, there'll be show notes. You can find them here: https://www.notion.so/almerudcaspian/... (The link isn't pretty, but I haven't bothered figuring out how to make it look good yet. Bare with me please!) I’ve been pondering change for almost three months, that’s when i started thinking about getting this project going again. It started with a question from someone who’s been listening to the podcast, and for that I’m really grateful.