Tim Kung

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    • Internal Motivation: When “Do What You Love” Isn’t Practical

      November 2023

      Cultivate the right motivation for long term success and well-being.

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    • Success: The Paradox of Big Fish, Little Pond

      September 2023

      Seek to balance growth and well-being in a sea of overachievers.

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    • Success: Fear and Hope to Accomplish Goals

      August 2023

      Increase motivation and success. How we frame our goals matters. Using a Promotion Focus or Prevention Focus.

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    • Think Better: Increasing Cognitive Endurance

      August 2023

      We can increase our brainpower. By reducing the effect of cognitive fatigue.

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    • Mental Models: Make Better Decisions in Uncertainty

      June 2023

      Expected value helps us make higher quality decisions. And feel better about them too.

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    • Success and Luck: How to Court Good Fortune

      May 2023

      Luck exists in various forms. We can influence how much we benefit from it.

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    • Success: How Experts Become Experts

      May 2023

      Everyone needs practice to become great. It’s how we practice that matters. Use Deliberate Practice to level up.

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    • Success: Talent Doesn’t Go Far

      April 2023

      The unexpected truth of achievement. Effort matters more than talent.

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    • Mental Models: Our Desire for More Burns Us Out

      February 2023

      We adapt to what we get and want more. How to manage our treadmill of desire.

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    • Success: Hold Back to Achieve Big Goals

      January 2023

      Aggressive growth and performance can spell disaster. A story of a marathon for steady success.

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    • Success: Think Long Term to Do More, Regret Less

      January 2023

      How to use long term thinking to live better. Why I’ve gone deep with yoga.

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    • Failure: Part scorn, part love. All superpower.

      December 2022

      Can a failed marriage be a good thing? Rethink fear and mine for growth.

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    • Beyond Happiness: Gratitude to Achieve Goals

      November 2022

      Surprising benefits of gratitude. And easy ways to practice more gratitude.

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    Tim Kung

    Product, tech, personal growth.

    Seattle, WA

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