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Resilience
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Kaelynn Partlow shares her story about life with autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, and how finding the right diagnosis helped her embrace her neurodivergent identity.
Unlikely Collaborators
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
"In that conversation with Laozi’s text, I began to see the shape of my own life, the questions that opened seams, the patterns that pooled and shimmered."
Monica Parker explains how creating opportunities for wonder can help foster a thriving, inclusive workplace.
Late bloomers often find their moment of transformation when life throws them a curveball.
Fun in business is no laughing matter — it can create a golden strategic advantage and bring serious success in the long term.
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Through woodworking, John Furniss, known as The Blind Woodsman, discovered a new purpose and a way to share his vision with the world.
Unlikely Collaborators
Think twice before stepping on that crunchy top layer of soil.
How to find the right balance between controlling teams and allowing them the agency to make mistakes — and learn from them.
In a world of distractions, several remarkable companies show why focus is the ultimate strategy for endurance.
By unlearning old leadership mindsets, cultures, and assumptions we can move from Industrial Age thinking to Intelligence Age thinking.
These practical strategies can help you conquer burnout and achieve a state of calm and focused productivity.
"When you feel the isolation setting in at times, you have to reframe your mindset."
For extraordinary long-term success in business we can look to insights from British Olympic cycling, Roger Federer and neuroeconomics.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
How “Catastrophe and Social Change” (1920) became the first systematic analysis of human behavior in a disaster.
You could call this rectangle covering parts of Iran, Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula the “Oven Window.”
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Like ultra-hardy plants that thrive in harsh conditions, businesses that see crises as opportunities are likely to win in the long run.
The Danish philosopher's simple paradox — living forwards while looking backwards — can be translated into golden business insights.
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller "The Hard Thing About Hard Things."
When caught between the urge for wholesale change and fear of stasis, the best approach is to take it easy.
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90’s kids know him from All That, Kenan & Kel, and Good Burger. This is Kel Mitchell, who sat down with us to share how he persevered through some of the hardest moments of his life.
Unlikely Collaborators
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“Not only does Mother Nature not care about your happiness, she knows that we need lots of negative emotions to keep us alive.” Harvard happiness professor on why suffering IS necessary:
Adams was infamously scooped when Neptune was discovered in 1846. His failure wasn't the end, but a prelude to a world-changing discovery.
Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.
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Dr. Aditi Nerurkar on toxic resilience and the importance of gratitude and breathing.
Unlikely Collaborators
Our desire for recognition at work can lead to perilous ends.
Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist — Frederik Pferdt — lays out a map for navigating unprecedented change and innovation.
Half a century ago, idealistic punks shook a fist at the status quo — and their legacy is a blueprint for modern leadership.