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"self interest is good, due to self-interest, people work better in the work place for promotions, businesses improve their product for the sake of the consumer and etc" Apr 16, 2026 07:25PM

 
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Robert Waldinger
“Hold but don’t baby; admire but don’t embarrass; guide but don’t control; release but don’t abandon.”
Robert Waldinger, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

“Young women are seizing opportunities with much greater zeal than young men. Take studying abroad as another example. In recent decades, this has become much more popular (at least until the pandemic) with increasing numbers of undergraduates now grabbing their passports and phrase books and heading overseas, most often to Europe.32 And why not? Going to another country for a few months is a great opportunity.”
Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It

“First, motivation: “The women are so driven. They know they have to provide for their family.” Second, independence: “They [the women] don’t really need a relationship, they can do it on their own.” Third, persistence: “When stuff gets hard, the guys tend to run away, the girls don’t.” Fourth, planning: “Women tend to live in the future, men tend to live in the present.” Put these together—motivation, independence, persistence, and planning—and it is no wonder, to Tyreese at least, that women are doing better in school.”
Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It

Robert Waldinger
“More money does not necessarily buy more happiness, but less money is associated with emotional pain.”
Robert Waldinger, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

Steve Magness
“Confidence doesn’t come from doing the work out of fear or neuroticism—to practice because you are afraid to lose or fail. When fear drives the motivational ship, then insecurity pervades. When the work is done in the name of getting better, of enjoying the process, of searching for mastery of the craft, then confidence gradually grows.”
Steve Magness, Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

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