by Santi | Oct 25, 2024 | Book Notes, Perspective
In “Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone”, Sarah Jaffe argues that modern capitalist systems have transformed work into something we are encouraged to love and be passionate about, even though work itself cannot...
by Santi | Oct 23, 2024 | Book Notes, Perspective
Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s central argument in Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder is that certain systems, ideas, and entities thrive and improve when exposed to volatility, uncertainty, chaos, and stressors. These “antifragile” systems not only withstand shocks...
by Santi | Jan 25, 2024 | Blog, Coaching Resources, Mindset, Perspective
Writer Kevin Kelly said, “What you do on your bad days matters more than what you do on your good days.” The reason is simple: nothing truly worthwhile can be created in a single day. But it’s often the case that we can undo the good work of many days with a single...
by Santi | Oct 23, 2023 | Book Notes, Perspective, Service
All the notes were taken directly from the source mentioned. – – – There are temporary highs we all get after we win some victory, and then there is also this other kind of permanent joy that animates people who are not obsessed with themselves but...
by Santi | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog, Coaching Resources, Mindset, Perspective
– – – These are exclusive resources for my newsletter suscribers! Please do not share without permission. Copyright © 2021 Santiago Barragan Noguera. All rights reserved. – – – There is a natural tendency to want life to be a linear pathway of accumulation,...
by Santi | Jan 24, 2022 | Articles, Mindset, Perspective
All the notes were taken directly from the source mentioned. – – – Cosmic Insignificance Therapy The hazard in any such discussion of “what matters most” in life, though, is that it tends to give rise to a kind of paralyzing grandiosity. It starts to...