31 Mastering emotions, systems advantage, and authenticity

No. 31 – 7 July 2023

Welcome to the 31st edition of 4-TP, a weekly newsletter on building resilience and pushing past mental and physical boundaries.

Article

4 science-backed ways for managing emotions in high-stress situations.

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Quote

Steve Jobs on creativity:

"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something.”

Insight

Perseverance requires mental space for clear thinking and focus.

Clear thinking and focus are byproducts of systems.

Systems are processes intended to provide orderliness amidst chaos and to free up mental clutter, giving you the clarity to tackle and complete the goals you set out for yourself—to persevere.

Competing demands pull us in every direction, and we fail to be present in the moment — the most precious aspect of life.

As knowledge workers and creatives, we rely on information to make connections, create new insights, build businesses, and produce unique work products.

Perseverance requires systems.

Question

Carl Jung reminds us that everyone carries a dark shadow inside and the less it’s embraced and the more it’s pushed away, the darker it becomes.

What is one way you can live more authentically and own your demons, impulses, and desires so they become your ally rather than continuing to feel ashamed about them?

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Till next week,
— Carlos & Stef