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Thinking In Systems: A Primer

by Donella H. Meadows

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Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

by Matt Abrahams

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Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Malone Scott

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It’s brutally hard to tell people when they are screwing up. You don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings; that’s because you’re not a sadist. You don’t want that person or the rest of the team to think you’re a jerk. Plus, you’ve been told ...more

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“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu

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“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: women

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“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

tags: humor, obvious, simile

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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