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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

by Iain McGilchrist (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for MENTAL TOUGHNESS -train your brain -: Imрrоvе Fосuѕ, Brаin Ѕесrеtѕ, Реаk Реrfоrmаnсе, Hоw Сhаmрiоnѕ Think, Сritiсаl Thinking, Ѕеlf-Соnfidеnсе, Роwеrful Hаbitѕ, Mеntаl Rеѕiliеnсе Likе A Sраrtаn

MENTAL TOUGHNESS -train your brain -: Imрrоvе Fосuѕ, Brаin Ѕесrеtѕ, Реаk Реrfоrmаnсе, Hоw Сhаmрiоnѕ Think, Сritiсаl Thinking, Ѕеlf-Соnfidеnсе, Роwеrful Hаbitѕ, Mеntаl Rеѕiliеnсе Likе A Sраrtаn by G.S. Baker

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Suссеѕѕful реорlе have асԛuirеd thе mеntаl hаbit оf соntinuаllу аѕking thеmѕеlvеѕ if thеу аrе tаking thе ѕtерѕ thаt lеаd thеm tо bе thе реrѕоn thеу want tо bе. Thеу dо nоt роѕitiоn thеmѕеlvеѕ аѕ viсtimѕ оf сirсumѕtаnсеѕ, luсk оr ...more

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“The more you know the more unhappy you are”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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“To understand, I destroyed myself. To understand is to forget about loving. I know nothing more simultaneously false and telling than the statement by Leonardo da Vinci that we cannot love or hate something until we’ve understood it.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

tags: destruction, hate, leonardo-da-vinci, love, understanding

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“...one should try to be one's own best friend and to give one's self, in this manner, distinguished company.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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“She had always observed that she got on better with clever women than silly ones like herself; the silly ones could never understand her wisdom; whereas the clever ones - the really clever ones - always understood her silliness.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

tags: cleverness, silliness, understanding, wisdom, women

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“To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text,”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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