Wellesley High grads told: "You're not special" - The Swellesley Report
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Wellesley High grads told: "You're not special" - The Swellesley Report
- You’re not nearly as good or as important as you think you are; 2) You have an attitude that needs to be readjusted; 3) Most of what you think you know or most of what you learned in books or in school is out of date or wrong.
Ryan Holiday • Ego Is the Enemy
It's okay if you're a middling thinker. Some people are born brilliant or have opportunities and make life decisions to be brilliant that you cannot sacrifice to make. Just try to learn from those wiser than you and say the truth the best you can. And don't fall into jealousy.
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O. Alan Noble • O. Alan Noble on Substack
So the best advice I can give a fifteen-year-old stuck in an outdated school somewhere in Mexico, India, or Alabama is: don’t rely on the adults too much. Most of them mean well, but they just don’t understand the world. In the past, it was a relatively safe bet to follow the adults, because they knew the world quite well, and the world changed slo
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