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I’m not the only caddy who learned that the quickest route to the boardroom was through the locker room of a club like Brae Burn.
“some seem to get trapped in the compulsion to succeed, others take a rebellious stance. Pointing to the blatant cruelties and limitations involved in a cultural pattern which tends to value only the winner and ignore even the positive qualities of the mediocre, they vehemently criticize competition. Among the most vocal are youth who have suffered under competitive pressures imposed on them by parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by making no effort to win”
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
― The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
“Many valuables cannot be stored – such as time or beauty.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“nationalism promises that whoever dies for the nation will for ever live in its collective memory. Yet this promise is so fuzzy that even most nationalists do not really know what to make of it.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Gautama’s insight was that no matter what the mind experiences, it usually reacts with craving, and craving always involves dissatisfaction. When the mind experiences something distasteful it craves to be rid of the irritation. When the mind experiences something pleasant, it craves that the pleasure will remain and will intensify. Therefore, the mind is always dissatisfied and restless.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“Instead of eating little, which will lead to economic contraction, people eat too much and then buy diet products – contributing to economic growth twice over.”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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