Resilience

Resilience

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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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Resilience isn’t just about pain and perseverance — it’s about embracing the journey.
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"I think it's about time we stop allowing every male generation bang their frontal lobe through its most developmental stages."
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When Star Trek's Captain Picard and The Office's Dwight Schrute channel philosopher Karl Jaspers, we can all benefit.
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In 1900, the UK clearly was the richest country in Europe. That's no longer the case.
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"Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions."
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Confronting your "absolute stupidity" is a sign you're on course to learning something new and wonderful.
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Playing the long game in Japan is about creating something so enduring that it becomes timeless.
In this striking black and white portrait, a young person with short hair gazes with a serene resolve, their face half in shadow, as if to remind us all to go grudge-free.
We have it in our power to forgive a debt — and learning to use this power in the workplace can be golden.
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8mins
“Self-awareness, it's the least visible part of emotional intelligence, but we find in our research that people low in self-awareness are unable to develop strengths very well in other parts of emotional intelligence.”
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Leaders ideally intertwine their own success with that of their teams — if that’s not the case at your workplace, here’s what to do.
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This supremely simple hack can help you establish good habits, break bad ones, and guard against failure.
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11mins
"Understanding more about monetary policy and the economic regime that you're living under can help ease some of the fundamental uncertainties [that have been] prevalent since COVID, and help you make better decisions in your day-to-day life."
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Both nations made missteps, but China still has a chance to make up lost ground.
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Magnificent time-tested buildings are filled with lessons in resilience and stability — and the benefits for investment strategy can be huge.
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A member of a species that kills trees, this mushroom is not the first to be called the Humongous Fungus — and perhaps not the last.
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5mins
How the successful marketer used ancient philosophy to overcome modern obstacles and change his mindset.
Unlikely Collaborators
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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"I am free. It's a lot of effort to be free from the prison that is in your mind, and the key is in your pocket." - Edith Eva Eger
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Businesses are realizing that rapid disruption without stability can lead to long-term failure. A new era of thoughtful, sustainable growth is emerging.
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"Amid the chaos, he remembered his life being eerily calm as he knew it wasn’t if, but when they would be hacked to pieces. He just kept kicking."
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Semyon Dukach — founding partner of VC firm One Way Ventures — adds balance to the founder mode debate.
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College degree? Not so much. Employers want teams with a diverse skill set who can adapt to changing industry demands.
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7mins
“When we face a problem, our natural tendency is to race ahead – but some friction is actually a good thing.”
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The co-founder of Wired magazine shares his insights on how a long-term mindset can shape a brighter, more innovative future.