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  1. stevegrossi

    1. punishment doesn’t work

      Tended

      In Justice (and Parenting) punishment is the social imposition of consequences for another's behavior that do not naturally arise from that behavior.

    2. Storytelling

      Tended

      Curiosity is shaped like a lowercase “n”

    3. lawns

      Tended

      Lawns occupy about 40 million acres of the United States: 2% of all available land.

    4. Stay curious

      Planted

      When I feel discouraged, remember that we see the world not as it is, but as we are.

    5. We Don’t See Things As They Are, We See Them As We Are

      Planted

      This has more to do with judgments about reality than empirical perceptions.

    6. learn in public

      Planted

      Learning in public means sharing what you learn as you learn it, rather than keeping it to yourself until (and only if) it grows into something big and important enough to publish.

    7. stereotype threat

      Planted

      The well-studied phenomenon whereby individuals' fear of confirming negative stereotypes about their group can lead to anxiety that causes them to perform less well as a task.

    8. mindset

      Tended

      Growth vs.

    9. philosophy

      Tended

      Etymologically, philosophy comes from the ancient Greek meaning "a love of wisdom".

    10. Effective negotiation is collaborative

      Tended

      Pop culture taught me to think of negotiation as basically a game of chicken: demand what you want and threaten to walk away if you don't get it.