Career Advice Ryan Holiday Wishes He'd Known Earlier

> Always say less than necessary.

I think of this as: "bat clean-up". On man whom I respect more than almost anyone breathing makes a point of letting everyone else do the talking, and then he will (if necessary) offer an overlooked point or a summary thought.

Me, I can't go half an hour without a dad joke to lubricate the meeting.

> 23. Talking about what you’re going to do makes you a lot less likely to actually do it. Keep your plans to yourself.

Do people agree with this? I've generally heard the opposite.

I definitely agree with this, and have seen in play out in both directions both for myself and many others before. Now, writing down your goals concretely along with timelines helps you achieve them, but something about telling others before achieving something seems to make it much harder to achieve.

Andrew Huberman discusses that sharing goals can prematurely release dopamine, reducing motivation to achieve them, as the brain already feels rewarded just by talking about the goals.

I generally counter this by not being motivated to begin with. Once you share your goals you then just kind of have to push through out of pride or simply to keep your job.

meh.