“Arrogance is a very good thing to have when you’re starting, and that means saying to yourselves that you’re going to be the number one group, not the number two group.”
― Freddie Mercury: His Life in His Own Words
― Freddie Mercury: His Life in His Own Words
“The right way to talk to strangers is with caution and humility.”
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
“The work here isn't to figure out why they didn't like you, or who's right and who's wrong. It's to practice being okay with the idea that there are some people who will get you and some people who won't...and that's fine.”
― Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
― Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
“One of the hallmarks of happiness is having close, meaningful connections with others. But keeping up a facade of having it all together keeps us isolated, because it keeps us from forging real, honest, deep relationships where we can fully be ourselves and feel accepted exactly as we are.”
― Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
― Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder
“To assume the best about another is the trait that has created modern society. Those occasions when our trusting nature gets violated are tragic. But the alternative—to abandon trust as a defense against predation and deception—is worse.”
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
― Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
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