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“Values, in other words, are and should be the ultimate test.”
― Managing Oneself
― Managing Oneself
“The first secret of effectiveness is to understand the people you work with and depend on so that you can make use of their strengths, their ways of working, and their values. Working relationships are as much based on the people as they are on the work.”
― Managing Oneself
― Managing Oneself
“Dictators and despots, governors and generals-they all to often resort to brute force to prevent scenarios that exist only in their own heads, on the assumption that the average Joe is ruled by self-interest, just like them.”
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
“The news, according to dozens of studies, is a mental health hazard.”
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
― Humankind: A Hopeful History
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