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At the deepest level – the level we rarely visit – we stay busy to avoid looking into the abyss.
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The overloaded brain and the overloaded life have become the norm. A person has to be quite deliberate to avoid overload.
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…we so hate to wait that we risk our lives to avoid it. Waiting is painful. Slow hurts.
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Being busy is one deft way to avoid taking stock of how you are living your life, knowing death is only a heartbeat away.
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…we want to avoid what we can’t do well. That’s why mastery is a great motivator and frustration a demotivator.
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The flight response, when our value feels at risk, is a means of minimizing the threat by avoiding conflict with others altogether.
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…focusing on a positive outcome rather than avoiding a negative one typically leads to greater persistence, more flexibility in finding ways to reach a goal, increased creativity in solving problems, greater internal motivation, more satisfaction, and better results.
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Because the impact of bad is stronger than good, the first rule for an effective leader is simply to avoid devaluing emotions: anger, intimidation, disparagement, and shame.
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Avoiding conflict typically creates more harm than communicating directly and honestly about it.
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As fallible human beings, all of us share the impulse to justify ourselves and avoid taking responsibility for actions that turn out to be harmful, immoral, or stupid.
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