How to Improve Your Mindset | Observer
How do you change your mindset? (Photo: Pedro de Sousa/Unsplash)
He attacked the weak point in my argument.
I always win an argument.
This is a much more pragmatic way of approaching an argument. You’ll learn more and arrive at something closer to the truth.
Bridgewater, a hedge fund started by Ray Dalio, has created this culture of argument-as-dance at his company.
Here’s an email that Jim, an employee, sent to Dalio, his CEO, after a meeting with an important potential client:
The other person is trying to dance with them and they are trying to establish a defensive perimeter (Photo: Matthew Wiebe/Unsplash)
Fixed/Mechanical: An obstacle is a “wrench in the machinery” that could break down the functioning and should be avoided.
Growth/Organic: An obstacle is feedback from our environment on how we can adapt to be more fit and resilient to future obstacles.
Fixed/Mechanical: Upgrades are difficult and expensive if possible at all.
Because leisure and labor are separate, we treat leisure as a resource, too. We save up vacation days so that we can spend them later. Leisure becomes something we start to apply productivity measures to in order increase its efficiency. Did I have the most possible fun last weekend?
Most of what we call work serves no real purpose (Photo: Rasmus Landgreen/Unsplash)