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Our attention is a kind of light, one that clarifies the world and makes it visible to us.
The company’s success in domesticating technology was only possible thanks to this foreign-trained workforce.
Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account, nor in any part of your thinking.
Yahweh’s divided attitude, which on the one hand tramples on human life and happiness without regard, and on the other hand must have man for a partner, puts the latter in an impossible position.
The key to managing all of your stuff is managing your actions.
The chapter emphasizes that forgiveness liberates individuals from the emotional and spiritual burdens imposed by those who have hurt them. This process is not about excusing harmful behavior but about freeing oneself from the chains of resentment and bitterness. TerKeurst writes, 'Making the decision that the ones who hurt you no longer get to limit you, label you, or project the lies they believe about themselves onto you,' encapsulates this core idea. Through forgiveness, individuals can reclaim their lives and move forward without being weighed down by past offenses.
Situations like these, I realized, were what turned people into hypocrites.
Heralds provide motivation, offer the hero a challenge, and get the story rolling. They alert the hero (and the audience) that change and adventure are coming.
The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it’s not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.
When we respect our belongings, we cultivate respect for ourselves and others.
The Third Way is all about ensuring that we’re continually putting tension into the system, so that we’re continually reinforcing habits and improving something. Resilience engineering tells us that we should routinely inject faults into the system, doing them frequently, to make them less painful.
If you don’t understand it, then put your life savings into it.
Perfect obedience would be perfect happiness, if only we had perfect confidence in the power we were obeying.
Chase Meaning, not Happiness… Meaning can give you a direction and motivation that transcends momentary feelings of pleasure.
We must feel the pain to heal the pain.
Honesty is considered a personal quality more than a professional one, and its importance illustrates that people want to follow leaders they can personally respect and identify with.
If you give, you will receive. Being useful, helpful, and generous is satisfying to you personally, but also builds up a bank of goodwill.
If you want to make excellent stuff, you need to make a lot of crap.
Use various methods to find test subjects, such as charter customer programs, trade shows, Craigslist, and friends and family, ensuring a diverse sample to get comprehensive feedback.
To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour.
