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The builder's mindset: a way out of the "drill sergeant" / "Zen master" dichotomy

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[For a fuller elaboration of this mindset and its philosophical contraries, see A different and better way to live.] Almost every ambitious person I know has at some point found themselves caught in a battle between two seemingly opposite mindsets, with neither bringing full satisfaction or optimal performance. These mindsets show up in many guises and go by many different names, but for present purposes I’ll refer to them as follows1: 1: The drill sergeant mindset (“outcome-over-process”) 2: The Zen master mindset (“process-over-outcome”) This is the traditional “authoritarian” approach…

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