theMITmonk|10. Juli
7 Things Everybody Should Learn How To Do
1. Building Confidence and Self-Trust
- Confidence comes from overcoming fears, not from success. The "Proof Pyramid":
- Proof of Action: Do one small hard thing.
- Proof of Integrity: Keep one daily promise to yourself.
- Proof of Recovery: Bounce back after failure – rewires your brain.
- Failure feels personal, permanent, and pervasive – but it's a mental trick.
- Three cheat codes:
- Make useful mistakes: Rejection is feedback.
- Portfolio thinking: Diversify risks.
- Remember mortality: It grounds and focuses on what matters.
- Selling is credibility, not tactics. The CARE framework:
- Curiosity: Understand what others truly want.
- Alignment: Connect your offer to their need.
- Reliability: Be honest, even about limitations.
- Emotion: Make them feel their future self.
- Psychological safety is key for high-performing teams.
- Give away three things:
- Attention: Fully see someone.
- Credit: Praise specifically.
- Ownership: Let others feel like owners, not helpers.
- Understand compound interest: Warren Buffett made 98% of his wealth after 65.
- Three basics:
- Patience for long-term growth.
- Inflation erodes money – invest to stay ahead.
- Diversification beats concentration.
- AI commodities intelligence; judgment and taste are your edge.
- Three AI pitfalls: fake fluency, average output, confirmation bias.
- Improve judgment with fast, honest feedback (e.g., firefighters).
- All six skills need constant practice. The world shifts – stay ready to relearn.
- Important things can't be taught, only remembered: Judgment, empathy, character come from within.
