Superlinear
URL: https://fs.blog/brain-food/november-5-2023/
Discipline equals freedom - Jocko Willink Extreme Ownership#^722d96
Nice vs kind seems to be a theme this week.
“The truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.”
— Steven Pressfield, The War of Art (View Highlight)
Too often, the people we ask for feedback are nice but not kind.
Kind people will tell you things a nice person will not. A kind person will tell you that you have spinach on your teeth. A nice person won’t because it’s uncomfortable.
A kind person will tell us what holds us back, even when it’s uncomfortable. A nice person avoids giving us critical feedback because they’re worried about hurting our feelings. (View Highlight)