Michael Collins

“There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on the Art of Living

“Charm is almost always a directed instrument, which, like rapport-building, has motive.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

“Embrace interesting times. Interesting times bring opportunities. Opportunities for improvement, for creation, for destruction of the tired old ways.”
― Jay Spencer Green, Breakfast at Cannibal Joe's

“Generally speaking, rapport-building has a far better reputation than it deserves. It is perceived as admirable when in fact it is almost always done for self-serving reasons.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence