
← The Great Work Podcast12 Dec 2025 · 8 min
The Startling Benefits of Taking Some #&@?*%! Responsibility
The Startling Benefits of Taking Some #&@*?%! Responsibility
Or: Things Go Dramatically Better When You Tend to Them
The second Great Work principle.
Links:
Work should be one of the great things in your life: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/core-ideas-1
Growth mindset: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/basics/growth-mindset
Often, it's the reaction, not the stuff: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/its-the-reaction-not-the-stuff-f74
Saying no: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/saying-no
Known what you want to do, and what you really don't: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/know-what-you-want-to-do
Leaving a job: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/leaving-job
Difficult conversations: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/difficult-conversations
Being kind and businesslike: https://letter.adamsandell.com/p/be-kind-be-businesslike