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“When your conscientiousness impels you to take on more than you can handle, you begin to lose interest, even in tasks that normally engage you. You risk your physical health. 'Emotional labor,' which is the effort we make to control and change our own emotions, is associated with stress, burnout, and even physical symptoms like and increase in cardiovascular disease.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

tags: burnout, emotional-labor, introvert, stress

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“It made natural headlines. Prostitutes being murdered suggested a titillating story. Moreover, citizens, living in nice safe houses, whose wives and daughters were never alone on the streets could be reassured.”
― Ann Rule, Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer

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“I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule.”
― Mark Kurlansky, Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man

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“It is hard for leaders to listen well because it requires us to be vulnerable, to risk our superior position.”
― James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

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“Nearly two decades later, on his final day in office, President Clinton had issued Rich a highly unusual pardon. It was unusual because the pardon was given to a fugitive, which was, to my knowledge, unprecedented. It was also unusual, and suspicious, because it had not gone through the normal review process at the Department of Justice. The pardon had only been seen by then–Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, who, without seeking input from the prosecutors or agents who knew the case, cryptically told the White House he was “neutral, leaning positive.” The New York Times editorial board called the pardon “a shocking abuse of federal power.”
― James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership

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