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The speed and interconnected nature of the new world in which we function have rendered it too stupid and slow to survive the onslaught of predators.
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Anyone can survive when everything is going right. Great entrepreneurs can survive when everything is going wrong.
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123 |
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Beyond survival, our needs begin at the physical level with sustainability. Four factors are key: nutrition, fitness, sleep, and rest.
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Our bodies… don’t make the distinction between a real threat to our survival and our more everyday fears.
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126 |
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The problem is that when our survival isn’t literally at stake, the benefits of fight-or-flight are often far outweighed by the costs.
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Although such vigilance is no longer as critical to our survival as it was thousands of years ago, we’re still highly attuned to perceive threats to our everyday well-being.
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Reciprocity, like generosity, ultimately serves our survival better than selfishness. It builds trust, deepens relationships, and reinforces values that serve the greater good.
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246 |
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Without hope, we cannot survive, much less progress.
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034 |
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Evolutionary psychologists argue that ethnocentrism… aids survival by strengthening your bonds to your primary social groups and thus increasing your willingness to work, fight, and occasionally die for them.
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082 |
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…a written statement… dramatically increases the chances that the Cause will survive to guide and inspire future generations beyond the founders and those who knew the founders.
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