On arrogance and humility in the rock tumbler of our publishing life
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On arrogance and humility in the rock tumbler of our publishing life
“self-confidence becomes arrogance, assertiveness becomes obstinacy, and self-assurance becomes reckless abandon.” This is the ego, as the writer Cyril Connolly warned, that “sucks us down like the law of gravity.”
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Novelist Ernest Hemingway on acting with confidence while living with humility:
"Be humble after but not during the action."
"Be humble after but not during the action."
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... See moreWriting has taught me to carry myself more lightly. I notice what patterns recur, I notice that I write things down and think I’ll believe them forever and I rarely do. Living lightly means: we have a long long life but it’s also really short and it’s okay to change our minds to live in the fullest, most vibrant way. I see that now we’re playing ou
If gratitude isn’t accessible, then pivot and see if it’s possible to feel a certain kind of humility. Recognize how all that you have in life may, in some areas, be a result of your own efforts, but so much more exists by virtue of forces far outside your control. Your life depends on a trillion contingencies. Yet it’s happening. And not just thro
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Novelist Ernest Hemingway on acting with confidence while living with humility:
“Be humble after but not during the action.”
“Be humble after but not during the action.”