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To qualify for my programs people had to highlight their weaknesses, their deficiencies. The more helpless you presented yourself to be, the more eligible you were for services. My mother had hated that.
“In fact, it often happens that, at the very top of organizations, apparently crucial positions can go unfilled for long periods of time without there being any noticeable effect—even, on the organization itself.”
― Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
― Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
“The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinion for or against. The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind.”
― Hsin Hsin Ming
― Hsin Hsin Ming
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
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“I believe one of the greatest human failings is to prefer to be right than to be effective”
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“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
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Darryl’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Darryl’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
260 books
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98 friends
2 books
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11 friends
97 books
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12 friends
496 books
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67 friends
35 books
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17 friends
78 books
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34 friends
66 books
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3 friends
82 books
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46 friends
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Favorite Genres
Biography, Book Club, Business, Christian, Crime, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Self help, and Spirituality
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