5 minute summaries
1 quote, 3 ideas & 1 question from each episode
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24 May 2021
26mins
Owltail Summaries
1 quote, 3 ideas & 1 question from each episode
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Loss and Renewal
24 May 2021
26mins
Quote
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
Ideas
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More important than learning how to do something, is learning how to teach yourself how to do something.
In the moment, we're often so focused on just getting something done that we prioritize doing it even if it means being given the answer, rather than learning how to do it ourselves.
In the short term, the outcome is the same, you get something done, but over the long term, you learn the invaluable superpower of teaching ourself how to do new things.
In the short term, the outcome is the same, you get something done, but over the long term, you learn the invaluable superpower of teaching ourself how to do new things.
1
More important than learning how to do something, is learning how to teach yourself how to do something.
In the moment, we're often so focused on just getting something done that we prioritize doing it even if it means being given the answer, rather than learning how to do it ourselves.
In the short term, the outcome is the same, you get something done, but over the long term, you learn the invaluable superpower of teaching ourself how to do new things.
In the short term, the outcome is the same, you get something done, but over the long term, you learn the invaluable superpower of teaching ourself how to do new things.
2
When one door closes another door opens. But just because it opens, doesn't mean we see it.
Often we spend most of our attention and time thinking about the closed door, that we don't see the new ones that have opened for us.
In all circumstances, there are more doors for us to open, but we must make sure we look for them, and then walk through them when the opportunity comes.
In all circumstances, there are more doors for us to open, but we must make sure we look for them, and then walk through them when the opportunity comes.
2
When one door closes another door opens. But just because it opens, doesn't mean we see it.
Often we spend most of our attention and time thinking about the closed door, that we don't see the new ones that have opened for us.
In all circumstances, there are more doors for us to open, but we must make sure we look for them, and then walk through them when the opportunity comes.
In all circumstances, there are more doors for us to open, but we must make sure we look for them, and then walk through them when the opportunity comes.
3
We underestimate our capacity to reinvent & adapt ourselves.
What differentiated early humans from other species was our unique ability to adapt to different conditions.
Now, we're able to live in both hot and cold conditions, high altitudes as well as sea level, we're constantly finding new ways to adjust and adapt.
Now, we're able to live in both hot and cold conditions, high altitudes as well as sea level, we're constantly finding new ways to adjust and adapt.
3
We underestimate our capacity to reinvent & adapt ourselves.
What differentiated early humans from other species was our unique ability to adapt to different conditions.
Now, we're able to live in both hot and cold conditions, high altitudes as well as sea level, we're constantly finding new ways to adjust and adapt.
Now, we're able to live in both hot and cold conditions, high altitudes as well as sea level, we're constantly finding new ways to adjust and adapt.
Questions
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Can you think of a time where one door closed but another opened?
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Can you think of a time where one door closed but another opened?
What else is in the episode
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Maya's story of reinventing herself when an injury stopped her career to become a professional violinist
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Maya's story of reinventing herself when an injury stopped her career to become a professional violinist
2
Why it's important to try new things and find things you're passionate about
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Why it's important to try new things and find things you're passionate about
3
How the art of losing isn't hard to master. The poem One Art by Amy Bishop.
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How the art of losing isn't hard to master. The poem One Art by Amy Bishop.
Who is Maya Shankar?
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A Global Director of Behavioral Science at Google. She is also the creator & host of "A Slight Change of Plans", a podcast with intimate conversations that explores how people navigate changes and uses change to grow. She previously served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, where she founded and served as Chair of the White House's Behavioral Science Team.
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A Global Director of Behavioral Science at Google. She is also the creator & host of "A Slight Change of Plans", a podcast with intimate conversations that explores how people navigate changes and uses change to grow. She previously served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, where she founded and served as Chair of the White House's Behavioral Science Team.
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