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Thinking
Alex Glass • 3 cards
If I were to treat my deepest wants with full seriousness—
Nathaniel Branden • Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect
Affirming
Sophia Morrison • 2 cards
Branden contends: “To live consciously means to seek to be aware of everything that bears on our actions, purposes, values, and goals—to the best of our ability, whatever that ability may be—and to behave in accordance with that which we see and know.”
bell hooks • All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation Book 1)
diminish me, or enlarge me?’
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
Now, I know that ninety-nine out of a hundred managers won’t take this risk. But is it a risk? John is closer to the point of use. He will be most affected by a bad contract. He knows how much the company gains or loses by a concession in each area (and they know he does). And he’ll spend full time on it for the next thirty days. Would you? I
... See moreRobert C. Townsend • Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
that you would rather please yourself than please the people; that you take thought for the quality, not the number of judgments made about you; that you live without fear of gods or humans; that you either defeat your troubles or put an end to them.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca • Letters on Ethics: To Lucilius (The Complete Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
decisions
Ece • 2 cards
When you do a thing because you have determined that it ought to be done, never avoid being seen doing it, even if the opinion of the multitude is going to condemn you. For if your action is wrong, then avoid doing it altogether, but if it is right, why do you fear those who will rebuke you wrongly?