2679: Do What Works, Not What’s Satisfying: Pseudo-Striving and Our Fear of Reality-Based Planning by Cal Newport
Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement
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Do What Works, Not What Satisfying, Pseudo-Striving in Our Fear of Reality-Based Planning
Pseudo-striving lulls you into a rhythm of busyness and complexity that might have very little to do with real accomplishment. For the aspiring grad student, seeking research ideas that fall comfortably within the scope of what you already know how to do is pseudo-striving. Many of the successful entrepreneurs from Chris's book had a reality-based fixation on actually making real money before doing anything else. This is less pleasant because you might fail time and again to convince people to give you their money but ultimately it's all that matters.
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