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…most of us humans want to be liked, don’t want to hurt feelings, don’t want to be blunt or surly or arrogant. It’s also true that we don’t want to be on the receiving end of such behavior. But this does not mean that we want to be everybody’s good friend.
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Your anger following an insult is not under your control, but your behavior is. You decide whether to strike back in some way or to turn the other cheek.
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Goals you can control, objectives you cannot. By following your behavioral goals, you get to your objectives.
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What you can control is behavior and activity, what you cannot control is the result of this behavior and activity.
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It’s… difficult to behave and act at all times in a disciplined, systematic way. But this is what you must do in order to achieve what you’re capable of.
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The single most important fuel that you have, the most important behavior goal and habit you can develop, is your ability to ask questions.
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You can only manage the means to the end: stay within your system, manage your activity, manage your behavior. This is all the armor you need.
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…people with a low tolerance for risk, whose behavior is guided by fear, have a low propensity for success.
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…people with a low tolerance for risk, whose behavior is guided by fear, have a low propensity for success.
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We’re an open-source society, and that calls for open-source behavior. And as a rule, not many secrets are worth the energy required to keep them secret.
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