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“You're not a lawyer. You're someone who helps people deal with legal matters. You're not a doctor. You're a fellow who saves people's lives or gives them the right advice to improve their health.
Add a verb to your identity – it keeps you sane; not a pompous noun – which may only boost your ego; it may distract you from your purpose, from the actions you need to take.
Your job is to do something, not to be something.”
― Economy of Truth: Practical Maxims and Reflections
Add a verb to your identity – it keeps you sane; not a pompous noun – which may only boost your ego; it may distract you from your purpose, from the actions you need to take.
Your job is to do something, not to be something.”
― Economy of Truth: Practical Maxims and Reflections
“Show your anger when needed. People need to know what irritates you and what doesn’t.
But, crucially, remain internally calm.
Your anger is only a tool. Don’t become its puppet.”
― Economy of Truth: Practical Maxims and Reflections
But, crucially, remain internally calm.
Your anger is only a tool. Don’t become its puppet.”
― Economy of Truth: Practical Maxims and Reflections
“The human mind doesn’t seek truth and accuracy; it seeks meaning.
Our minds didn’t evolve to be scientific tools; they evolved to be survival tools.
In other words, nature didn’t design them to be truth-seekers—it designed them to be useful for our emotional, mental, and social fitness.”
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Our minds didn’t evolve to be scientific tools; they evolved to be survival tools.
In other words, nature didn’t design them to be truth-seekers—it designed them to be useful for our emotional, mental, and social fitness.”
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