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“Flow starts when we say yes to the fight.”
― The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer
― The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer
“no country has the right to dictate to others how they should be governed; but we all have good reason to speak up on behalf of democratic values”
― Fascism: A Warning
― Fascism: A Warning
“I remember thinking that I needed to discuss this with John.”
― The Year of Magical Thinking
― The Year of Magical Thinking
“It was no accident that my caste radar worked more efficiently when there was a group of people interacting among themselves. Caste is, in a way, a performance, and I could detect the caste positions of people in a group but not necessarily a single Indian by himself or herself. "There is never caste," the Dalit leader Ambedkar once said. "Only castes.”
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
“Motivation is what gets you into this game; learning is what helps you continue to play; creativity is how you steer; and flow is how you turbo-boost the results beyond all rational standards and reasonable expectations.”
― The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer
― The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer
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