“Actively self-reflecting on the approaches that you are taking fosters a strategic stance that is really important in life. Strategic thinking distinguishes between people of comparable ability and effort. This can make the difference between people who achieve and people who have the potential to achieve, but don’t.”
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“They can be seen as givers in their inability to confront situations. This can have a benefit of appearing to be trying in a relationship, yet distancing themselves. This ultimately exhausts them and overwhelms them to the point of poor me.”
― Hiding In The Light: Understanding Avoidant Personality Disorder
― Hiding In The Light: Understanding Avoidant Personality Disorder
“When a dog is tied to a cart, if it wants to follow, it is pulled and follows, making its spontaneous act coincide with necessity. But if the dog does not follow, it will be compelled in any case. So it is with men too: even if they don't want to, they will be compelled to follow what is destined.”
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“By pleasing her whims, I lost track of mine. A servant you’ll be, a friend she’ll see.”
― The Book of Pook
― The Book of Pook
“If you can visualize the food on the plate before you start cooking, it means, inevitably, that you can be more precise with portions: how often have you prepared a roast dinner intended for six but ended up creating enough food for a dozen? Picture it on the plate first, and you’ll not only get a better meal but save on waste as well—though do take into consideration the people who’ll want second helpings.”
― The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
― The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef
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