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“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself. SØREN KIERKEGAARD”
― Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
― Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
“If you’re not working on behalf of your own mission and purpose, you’re working on behalf of someone else’s.”
― Start with No: The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know
― Start with No: The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know
“It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire.”
― The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America
― The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America
“You should never test the depth of the water with both feet.”
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“There may be wrong actions in the sense of actions contrary to the rules of human communication. But the way you feel towards other people: loving, hating, et cetera, et cetera; there aren’t any wrong feelings.
And so, to try and force one’s feelings to be other than what they are is absurd. And furthermore: dishonest.
But you see: the idea that there are no wrong feelings is an immensely threatening one to people who are afraid to feel.
This is one of the peculiar problems of our culture: we are terrified of our feelings. We think that if we give them any scope and if we don’t immediately beat them down, they will lead us down into all kinds of chaotic and destructive actions.
But if, for a change, we would allow our feelings and look upon their comings and goings as something as beautiful and necessary as changes in the weather, the going of night and day and the four seasons, we would be at peace with ourselves.”
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And so, to try and force one’s feelings to be other than what they are is absurd. And furthermore: dishonest.
But you see: the idea that there are no wrong feelings is an immensely threatening one to people who are afraid to feel.
This is one of the peculiar problems of our culture: we are terrified of our feelings. We think that if we give them any scope and if we don’t immediately beat them down, they will lead us down into all kinds of chaotic and destructive actions.
But if, for a change, we would allow our feelings and look upon their comings and goings as something as beautiful and necessary as changes in the weather, the going of night and day and the four seasons, we would be at peace with ourselves.”
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