
In Open Defense of Transactionality

Maybe you’re not Actually Trying
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I would add that “loving everyone” in the context of not expecting the same percentage of love in return will ensure that you never feel beholden to anyone else; and you won’t think anyone else owes you anything either.
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Despite the range of issues facing individuals who come in for therapy, one problem has repeatedly presented itself in my office: People who are fundamentally convinced they cannot be loved and will be abandoned for the slightest mistake. For these individuals, every day is another gauntlet of events designed to cause them to stumble and reveal the
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Superimposing right behavior cannot ever convince man that he is basically good, generous, kind. The only procedure affording him this awareness is to summon the courage to first face that which is so opposite from what he wants to be.
Eva Pierrakos • The Path to the Real Self
