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content/miki/107 Philosophy/107.024 Philosophy - Lincoln did not let ambition get in the way of decency.md

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 - [[116.045 Life Lessons - If you ever have the urge to reply in a mean way]]
 - [[116.049 Life Lessons - You get what you give]]
 - [[119.030 NVC - The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence]]
-- [[126.007 Decision Making - Independent Thinking - Is this true]]
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+- [[126.007 Decision Making - Is this true (Independent Thinking)]]
 
 # Lincoln did not let ambition get in the way of decency
 

content/miki/107 Philosophy/107.026 Philosophy - Lincoln never held a grudge.md

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+source: [[125.014 Books - Abraham Lincoln - Team of Rivals]]
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+relevant:
+- [[116.031 Life Lessons - Watch read about emulate successful people]]
+- [[116.035 Life Lessons - Get personal issues resolved before moving on to business]]
+- [[116.045 Life Lessons - If you ever have the urge to reply in a mean way]]
+- [[119.036 NVC - I am not responsible for the emotions of other people]]
+- [[119.047 NVC - Keep giving empathy]]
+- [[119.058 NVC - Punishing somebody is a terrible way to get what I want]]
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+# Lincoln never held a grudge
+
+Lincoln did not harbor grudges. He only ever showed respect and empathy to others.
+"You have more of that feeling of personal resentment than I. A man has not time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him." - Lincoln
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+_"Probably no other man than Lincoln would have had ... the degree of magnanimity to thus forgive and exalt a rival who had so deeply and so unjustifiably intrigued against him. It is however only another most marked illustration of the greatness of the President"_ - Nicolay

content/miki/107 Philosophy/107.027 Philosophy - Virtue through purpose.md

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+source: [[125.014 Books - Abraham Lincoln - Team of Rivals]]
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+relevant:
+- [[107.014.03 Stoic virtues - 3. Courage]]
+- [[116.015 Life Lessons - Don't wait for anybody. Just do your thing. They will understand.]]
+- [[116.024 Life Lessons - Passion and drive is the only thing that sets you apart from other entrepreneurs]]
+- [[116.040 Life Lessons - You make your life what you want it to be]]
+- [[116.098 Life Lessons - Distinguish between what I feel and what I think others feel]]
+- [[116.121 Life Lessons - Be like Honest Abe and be honest to yourself no matter the cost]]
+- [[119.032 NVC - Do not imply judgement]]
+- [[131.007 Leadership - Blame yourself or blame no one]]
+- [[131.009 Leadership - Lift others up even at cost to yourself]]
+- [[131.010 Leadership - Do what should be done, not what can be done]]
+
+# Virtue through purpose
+
+John Brown was an abolitionist who, among other things, attempted to incite a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry. He was caught and executed for it. After his trial and death sentence, but before it was carried out, his letters are pure Socrates. And like Socrates, he became a martyr for his cause: 
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+_"I am waiting the hour of my public murder with great composure of mind, & cheerfulness, feeling the strongest assurance that in no other possible way could I be used to so much advance the cause of God; & of humanity."_
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+His virtue, which lives on in infamy long after his death, was a direct result of his purpose, which he maintained even in the face of public death. Knowing that he was serving his highest and best _purpose_ with conviction and bravery... amazing.

content/miki/107 Philosophy/127.028 Philosophy - The only way is through.md

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+source:
+- [[125.014 Books - Abraham Lincoln - Team of Rivals]]
+- Marcus Aurelius
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+relevant:
+- [[106.005 About me - My life mission]]
+- [[105.40.48 Consulting - Nobody cares about who you are]]
+- [[109.45 Productivity - Prioritize and focus on one thing at a time]]
+- [[110.003 Startups - If you're not shipping you're dying]]
+- [[116.021 Life Lessons - If you're not growing you're dying]]
+- [[116.033 Life Lessons - What I do every day matters more than what I do every once in a while]]
+- [[116.051 Life Lessons - It's time to stop fucking around]]
+- [[116.105 Life Lessons - Learn the lesson, forget the pain]]
+- [[119.002 Conflict - More communication means more conflict]]
+- [[119.017 NVC - How to get what I want even when being screamed at]]
+- [[119.030 NVC - The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence]]
+- [[119.049 NVC - The hardest part of communication is staying present for it]]
+- [[122.08.01 PM User Testing - Get out of the building and talk to customers]]
+- [[122.08.19 PM User Testing - Product Manager MUST attend all user tests]]
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+# The only way is through
+
+"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." - Marcus Aurelius
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+While this is a very stoic thought, it was also Lincoln's. He endured great hardships and defeats and pushed straight through. He wrote a young cadet who was having a hard time "I am older than you, have felt badly myself, and know, what I tell you is true. Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life."

content/miki/107 Philosophy/127.029 Philosophy - Malice toward none, charity for all.md

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+source: [[125.014 Books - Abraham Lincoln - Team of Rivals]]
+tags:
+relevant:
+- [[106.005 About me - My life mission]]
+- [[107.014.04 Stoic virtues - 4. Justice]]
+- [[107.021 Philosophy - Rosenberg - Empathy]]
+- [[107.026 Philosophy - Lincoln never held a grudge]]
+- [[116.045 Life Lessons - If you ever have the urge to reply in a mean way]]
+- [[116.049 Life Lessons - You get what you give]]
+- [[116.056 Life Lessons - Control the inputs not the outcomes]]
+- [[119.023 NVC - Get what you want by helping them get what they want]]
+- [[119.032 NVC - Do not imply judgement]]
+- [[119.047 NVC - Keep giving empathy]]
+- [[119.058 NVC - Punishing somebody is a terrible way to get what I want]]
+- [[119.067 Communication - Lincoln's empathy helped him understand]]
+- [[131.009 Leadership - Lift others up even at cost to yourself]]
+- [[131.010 Leadership - Do what should be done, not what can be done]]
+
+# Malice toward none, charity for all
+
+Upon knowing his absolute victory, at long last, there wasn't a trace of pride or smugness or vanity in the President. He seemed as if a great sadness had been released, but he did not gloat, did not punish. In fact, he said quite the opposite in his second inauguration address just one month before being assassinated: 
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+_"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."_
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+Amazing.

content/miki/116 Life Lessons/116 Life Lessons.md

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 - [[110.017 Startups - Know the difference between a lifestyle and a VC business]]
 - [[128.022 Management - Culture - The Rule of 3]]
 - [[133.008 Hiring - Only hire proven doers for top-level jobs]]
-- [[116.093 Life Lessons - Independent Thinking - Curiosity]]
+- [[126.015 Decision Making - Be curious]]
 - [[119.069 Communication - Empathy first, feelings second, needs last]]
 - [[116.095 Life Lessons - The ability to observe without evaluating]]
 - [[116.096 Life Lessons - When emotions override my higher consciousness]]
 - [[131.011 Leadership - The best leaders are problem solvers]]
 - [[116.098 Life Lessons - Distinguish between what I feel and what I think others feel]]
-- [[116.099 Life Lessons - Stanford - The Questions]]
+- [[126.013 Decision Making - Stanford - The Questions]]
 

content/miki/116 Life Lessons/116.021 Life Lessons - Finish what you start.md

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 _"Once you undertake to do something, stick with it and treat it as something that should be carried through."_ - Epictetus
 
 _"The chief gem of my character is the ability to keep resolves when they are made. "_ - Abraham Lincoln
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+But like a stoic, always balancing, Epictetus does not want to be irrational either:
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+_”‘But we must stick with a decision.’ ‘For heaven’s sake, man, that rule only applies to sound decisions. I suppose next you will decide that it is night now, and refuse to change your mind because you don’t want to.”_ - Epictetus - Discourses II, 15.7

content/miki/116 Life Lessons/116.121 Life Lessons - Be like Honest Abe and be honest to yourself no matter the "cost".md → content/miki/116 Life Lessons/116.121 Life Lessons - Be like Honest Abe and be honest to yourself no matter the cost.md

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 - [[122.01.05 PM Skillset - Product intuition]]
 - [[125.007 Books - Victor Frankl Man's Search for Meaning]]
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+- [[131.009 Leadership - Lift others up even at cost to yourself]]
 
-# Be like Honest Abe, and be honest to yourself no matter the "cost"
+# Be like Honest Abe, and be honest to yourself no matter the cost
 
 Lincoln was truly "Honest Abe". He had a natural way that bound men in devotion and admiration, because he always did the right thing for what he believed in, whether it benefitted him or not. When it benefitted other people, they were eternally in his debt - and it's those kind of people who helped him become the President, years after he conceded defeat to them in smaller contests.

content/miki/119 Communication/119.070 Communication - Persuasive stories are simple and logical.md

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+source: [[125.014 Books - Abraham Lincoln - Team of Rivals]]
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+- [[]]
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+# Persuasive stories are simple and logical
+
+
+Lincoln was an effective and persuasive speaker. His simple funny stories were what everybody noticed but underneath them was crystal clear logic. The stories were simply used to drive home a point that he had meticulously built from nothing using logic.