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Status is a means for connection, not an end in itself
People typically are more status seeking than they admit to others or even themselves
Jul 15
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Milan Mecklenburg
February 2025
The implications of mortality
In my 20s, I lived my life implicitly under the assumption that I would live forever.
Feb 25
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Milan Mecklenburg
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What I learned at McKinsey
I spent a little over four years working at McKinsey.
Feb 24
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Milan Mecklenburg
Growth through compassion
A lot of people take an approach of being tough on themselves in order to facilitate growth, which when framed positively can be called accountability…
Feb 18
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Milan Mecklenburg
Productivity without anxiety
As a management consultant I frequently relied on anxiety to drive myself to work - anxiety of feeling like a failure if I don’t get enough done…
Feb 16
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Milan Mecklenburg
January 2025
For learning self help content, deciding what to believe is what’s most important
Consuming self-help content for me is very different to learning other material, such as languages or dance.
Jan 6
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Milan Mecklenburg
How to learn efficiently and durably
Over the course of my life so far I have learnt a variety of skills, from the intellectual , like physics, to the more soft and intuitive or physical.
Jan 5
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Milan Mecklenburg
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