The Great Work Podcast

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The Startling Benefits of Taking Some #&@?*%! Responsibility

The Startling Benefits of Taking Some #&@?*%! Responsibility12 dec 20258 min

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