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If you've got no choice but to move the bricks, your opportunity is to think hard about how you can do even this mundane task, because almost any job can be humanized or transformed.
page: 52
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opportunity
We only get a certain number of brain cycles to spend each day. Spending even one on a situation out of our control has a significant opportunity cost.
page: 186
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opportunity
control
Flexible Optimism: continually assessing our abilities to achieve a goal, and intensifying or reducing our efforts accordingly. When practiced, we see more opportunities for success, but don't overstate our abilities. and we don't overestimate the amount of control we have over the outcome.
page: 68
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optimism
self-assessment
goals
effort
opportunity
success
ability
control
We don't have an endless stream of opportunities to do something that matters right now, presented with clear instructions, and finely tuned to our moment-by-moment capabilities. That makes it hard to get epic wins.
page: 249
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opportunity
capabilities