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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

by Charles Duhigg (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, communication, nonfiction

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She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

by Carl Zimmer (Goodreads Author)

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: atticus-finch, courage

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“Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.
Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.
Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door.”
― Paulo Coelho, Manuscript Found in Accra

tags: inspiration, love

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“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

tags: motivation

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“Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.”
― Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

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“This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.”
― Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

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