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At its most powerful, communication brings about ‘conversion,’ that is, a change of personality, values, beliefs, and aspirations.
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318 |
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The expectations people hold of us often become self-fulfilling prophesies. When others believe in our potential, they give us a ladder. They elevate our aspirations and enable us to reach higher peaks.
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142 |
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…we reach the greatest heights when we attach our bootstraps to other people’s boots. If multiple credible supporters believe in us, it’s probably time to believe them.
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150 |
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The fundamental reason so many Western citizens don’t seem pleased with their lot, or even to believe their lives are mainly favored, is the discontinuity between prosperity and happiness.
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084 |
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…if you want to bring about a fundamental change in people’s belief and behavior… you need to create a community around them, where those new beliefs can be practiced and expressed and nurtured.
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Today we firmly depend on our powers of visual attention to understand our environment. The eyes have it, we’ve come to believe.
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136 |
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…the course of human affairs, in business as elsewhere, usually defies prediction and often beggars belief.
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042 |
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The decision to try to forgive reflects more the kind of person you are than the beliefs you think you adhere to.
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234 |
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When we believe beforehand that something will be good… generally it will be good – and when we think it will be bad, it will bad.
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160 |
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Even when the topic is factual, absolute values are less likely to be exposed when people only search for facts that support their prior beliefs.
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