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“Being a critic is easy.
But if the critic tries to run the operation, he soon understands that nothing is as easy as his criticisms.
Criticism without a solution is merely an inflation of the critic's ego.”
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World
But if the critic tries to run the operation, he soon understands that nothing is as easy as his criticisms.
Criticism without a solution is merely an inflation of the critic's ego.”
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World
“When people who don't know you well admire you, they are seeing their projected illusion, not your real self.
In contrast, when people who know you well respect you, it is probably because you deserve it.”
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World
In contrast, when people who know you well respect you, it is probably because you deserve it.”
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World
“Do not fight your negative emotions. Observe and befriend them.”
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World
― The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a Busy World
“It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking, than think your way into a new way of acting.”
― The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems
― The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems
“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
― Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
― Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
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