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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
"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
“These cultural variations matter a lot for how, and how far, natural tendencies are expressed in behavior. Culture and biology do not develop separately from each other. They coevolve. Neither biology nor culture can provide the whole story. But understanding the role of biology is necessary for keeping it in its place.”
― Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
― Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
“And that’s the key to true confidence. Acknowledging the good and bad, our weaknesses and strengths. Living with and dealing with reality instead of putting on a front. Setting our own standards. And realizing that, as Alain de Botton said in his book On Confidence, “The way to greater confidence is not to reassure ourselves of our own dignity; it’s to come to peace with our inevitable ridiculousness.”
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
“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.”
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
― Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness
“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.”
― Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
― Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
“Biology does represent the foundation of our personalities and behavioral tendencies,” writes Louann Brizendine in her book, The Female Brain. “If in the name of free will—and political correctness—we try to deny the influence of biology on the brain, we begin fighting our own nature. If we acknowledge that our biology is influenced by other factors … we can prevent it from creating a fixed reality by which we are ruled.”4”
― Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
― Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
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