The Ledger
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Pasricha: Remote workers cannot feel tethered to their company community
“You need to have social connection at your job, and you don't feel as tethered to the community of your work when you don't meet or see anybody. Ever. Period.”
Pasricha: Modern Abundance Weakens Psychological Resilience and Spikes Anxiety
“We live in an era of infinite abundance, and I believe because of that, that's partly why we're seeing spiking anxiety rates, loneliness rates, depression rates, and suicide rates, because we no longer have that musculature.”
Pasricha: Build resilience by intentionally rigging games so you can win
“So in this global community, it's important to develop resilience by giving ourselves games that we can win.
Sign up for the marathon in the lowest, slowest category, tee off from the tees closest to the pin, rig the game so you can finally win something, and …”
Pasricha: Work and life operate as a flywheel, not a scale
“There is no such thing as work-life balance. When you hear that word balance, what you probably picture is a scale, like one of these things where, like, one side gets, goes down, the other side goes up. More in one pot is less than another. But he said, no, i…”
Pasricha: A three-prompt, two-minute morning routine reduces daily anxiety
“In the morning, when I wake up, I don't think we talked about this last time, I do a two-minute morning practice. So I grab a pen, piece of paper, or that yellow journal right behind you, and I simply write down three statements that Pull anxiety out of me. Ri…”
Pasricha: Everyone needs one completely untouchable day every week
“I have a philosophy that everybody needs one untouchable day per week.”
Pasricha: A satisfying career requires story, social connection, structure, and stimulation
“Story, social, structure, stimulation. Those add up and into A satisfying career.”
Pasricha: Smartphones should be re-engineered from push to pull devices
“It is designed to be a push device, and I have designed it to myself as a pull device, meaning that it serves me. I'm the master of that phone chain, and I have to do all these things.”
Pasricha: Projects cannot maximize sales, social acclaim, and self-fulfillment simultaneously
“I think of those three
Corners of a triangle as the success triangle, or the three S's of success, and I think of them like an old school wobble board at the gym.
Meaning, I don't know if you remember those old boards, you have to try to balance on it.
Well, y…”
Pasricha: Returning to intrinsic fun after a hit increases future success
“And so, I think your answer to how you follow up success is actually rooted in that essay, which is, you go back to fun. You listen to Diablo Cody, recognize you don't have to chase that goal anymore, and just lean into the fun, and guess what the ironic part …”
Pasricha: Longer Lifespans Shift Child-Rearing Math Toward Rewarding Years
“The percentage of my life that's the hard part, the diapers, the potty training, the crying, is, is reducing as a percentage of my total life. You ask anyone what the pleasure, the most pleasure parts are of having kids? Oh, when they're, you don't have to tak…”
Pasricha: Confidence requires a high opinion of both yourself and others
“What is confidence? My definition is a high opinion of yourself and a high opinion of others.”
Pasricha: Distinguish objective facts from subjective emotional narratives
“Like, these stories become fact, and part of the language that you have to learn is learning to see the story. I failed biology is a lot different than I failed my parents. First one's a fact. Second one's a story. I'm an alcoholic is a lot different than no o…”
Pasricha: Being in a small pond boosts self-concept for a decade
“If you put yourself in a small pond,
Then your academic self-concept or how you think of yourself goes up for up to 10 years after you leave the pond.
So you think you're great for way longer than you're in that position.
And it stays with you.”
Pasricha: Checking email twice daily maintains perceived responsiveness while preserving focus
“If you just check email from nine a.m. To 10 a.m. And four to five p.m., well, I've done this study, that gives everyone the perception that you're always on, yet you've created a 10 a.m. To four p.m. Oasis of blankness, even though you're, like, still answeri…”
Pasricha: Gratitude journaling is ineffective unless entries are specific
“This is the practice of gratitude. We know from the research it's super powerful. Just write a few simple, specific things. We didn't talk about that, but they have to be specific. You can't just write family and friends. That doesn't do anything.”