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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work

by Suzette Haden Elgin

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Nov 28, 2025 08:48PM

“Of all the virtues we can learn, no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge. —MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI”
― Eric Greitens, Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life

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“Millions of people, in all walks of life and in every endeavor, create distractions and excuses for themselves by focusing on tools rather than on character. They’d rather, as Socrates warned, focus on what they have than on what they are.”
― Eric Greitens, Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life

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“Independence is a heady draft, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.”
― Maya Angelou, Mom & Me & Mom

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“Never cease chiseling your own statue. —PLOTINUS (205–270) You”
― Eric Greitens, Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life

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“You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. —VICTOR HUGO”
― Eric Greitens, Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life

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