MINUTES of a MONDAY #81
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Brain Food > Trust me
“Most people would never consider marrying a partner until they’ve dated for at least a year, or maybe five years. Because it takes that long to grasp what a person is, or is not, capable of beyond their surface level resume. But those same people expect their employers and co-workers to give them full respect and autonomy and confidence from day one of their job, and that just rarely happens. Trust has to be earned and is mostly earned through first hand observation over time, when people watch you under a variety of circumstances.
Even when you have a track record, at other companies, on your resume, trust is dolled out in small doses when you are a new face. The key is that you’ll probably do your best work when your colleagues trust you. Which is a hidden value of favoring tenure over moving to a new place.”
Morgan Housel speaking on his podcast about trust and the value of staying put. His book “The Psychology of Money” is on the MoaM 2023 Reading List
Soul Food
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
WB Yeats
LOL
Ireland’s favourite New Yorker on reading at Mass:
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“Anyway, about two thirds of the way in, just when I thought I was safe, he lands this haymaker on me:
The Kerryman: So, Bish, Cillian Murphy looks like he’ll land the Oscar. Is that something you aspire to? Leading from the front on something like that?
Now, the secretary that lives in my head (I call her Margaret) is like:
Margaret: Now you know the answer here now Niall. Of course we’re going for the big time, so give it to him straight between the eyes with that.
I could blame it on the fact I had a mouthful of creamy mash (to die for) but that’s not what I said.
What I said was:
Me: Ah… well… ah.
As that great philosopher and knock-out machine, Mike Tyson, once lamented: everyone steps into the ring with a plan until someone throws a punch.”
Extract from Article #12 “Who Wants to Win an Oscar Anyway?”
AOB
Thanks for stopping by this week. In case you missed it, Article #12 marking Cillian Murphy’s historic Oscar win, my dinner with a Kerryman and the slap of the century came out on Friday last. You can check it out here.
Have a great week and mind how you go out there - Niall
P.S. Don’t forget to share if you know someone who might enjoy this - thanks a million and Happy St. Patrick’s Day :)