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“Hans Eysenck. “Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they are specialized, are just as ordinary, pig-headed, and unreasonable as everybody else,” he wrote in the 1950s. “And their unusually high intelligence only makes their prejudices all the more dangerous.”
― David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes

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“The pain associated with the fear of failure is often stronger than the pain of the failure itself”
― Tal Ben-Shahar

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“Passion begins with intrinsically enjoying what you do.”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

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“common sequence is to start out with a relatively self-oriented interest, then learn self-disciplined practice, and, finally, integrate that work with an other-centered purpose.”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

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“To be gritty is to resist complacency.”
― Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

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