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The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

#184 Best of 2023: Conversations of the Year

Dec 26, 2023
Jack Kornfield, a mindfulness expert, discusses the profound power of intention and mindful living. Carolyn Coughlin emphasizes the art of listening, enhancing communication. Aaron Dignan tackles organizational pitfalls and the significance of feedback. Leadership guru Jim Dethmer shares insights on integrity and responsibility. Ravi Gupta highlights embracing reality for problem-solving. Kevin Kelly talks about the importance of deadlines in creativity. Julie Gurner offers strategies for shifting mindsets from victimhood to empowerment, while Frank Slootman focuses on trust in organizations and Gio Valiante advises on decision-making in the face of desire.
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Quick takeaways

  • Setting deliberate intentions can steer everything in life, mindfulness training helps in setting inward or outward intentions to guide actions towards what truly matters.
  • Allowing oneself to fully feel emotions, even the uncomfortable ones, enhances aliveness and prevents energy from being expended on repressing or suppressing emotions.

Deep dives

The Power of Intention

Setting deliberate intentions can steer everything in life. Mindfulness training helps in setting inward or outward intentions to guide actions towards what truly matters.

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