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“It’s not what one is born with but what use one makes of that equipment.”
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Taylor called this authenticity, and it became the unreachable horizon of modern life. It’s a concept that makes sense only in its absence; we recognize inauthenticity, phoniness, when someone’s clearly being a poseur. Yet the struggle to feel authentic—this is very real, even if we know better. In Taylor’s telling, everyone becomes a kind of artis
... See moreHua Hsu • Stay True: A Memoir (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
He has a kind, round face and the relaxed, easygoing manner of someone who’s spent most of his life in California.
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
“It’s not what one is born with but what use one makes of that equipment.”
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
THE TRAITS THAT MAKE A PERSON WHO THEY ARE
Haruki Murakami • Killing Commendatore: A novel
When you represent knowledge, opportunity, selflessness, and intimacy, you are not just a service provider or a product. You are fun, you are interesting, you are valuable; you take people places they have never been before, you show them books they have never heard of, you introduce them to people they never dreamed they would meet—in short, you a
... See moreGene Stone • Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends
Her temperament was distinctly familial to me. She could be me, if I could unzip my skin and release all my fury. If Erin brought out the intellect in me (and my petty envy), Helen brought out what was raw in me.