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The art of living with dissonance is as much about coping with the scars on the soul as it is about avoiding them.
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286 |
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Human beings are hardwired to protect themselves. We avoid danger and seek out places in which we feel safe.
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118 |
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Suffering, discomfort, worry – these things take courage to endure. But wisdom and compassion obligate us not just to avoid them when unnecessary but to try to protect others from them too.
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205 |
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It is perfectly natural for us to avoid difficult conversations.
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099 |
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Most people avoid crucial conversations. Can you blame them? People are very complicated, difficult, different, unpredictable, and scary.
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119 |
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Looking for signs a conversation is needed include: silence, avoiding of issues, withdrawing from the conversation, lack of participation, attacking behavior, control issues, physical distractions, and emotional outbursts.
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123 |
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Don’t avoid success because you think the responsibility might be too much – just focus and get going!
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041 |
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Creating and employing a discipline of focus is a good way to avoid spending more time than necessary on any one thing.
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178 |
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All those times it’s difficult, when you notice the resistance, when you seem to be avoiding the adventure that’s unfolding in front of you…those aren’t moments of failure, those are moments of confirmation.
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057 |
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…no CEO ever has a smooth path to a great company. Along the way, many things go wrong and all of them could have and should have been avoided.
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