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Whether inflated self-regard is a thin cover for inadequacy or an inflated and unwarranted confidence, it’s at least as dysfunctional as insecurity.
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The leader who is secure in his own value is free to invest energy in empowering others.
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…the more secure children feel, the more emboldened they are to separate from their mothers and explore the world.
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…the safer and more secure we feel, the more attention we can allocate to our long-term goals.
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If you want those in your charge to be effective at delaying gratification and focusing their attention effectively, it goes a long way to make them feel aared for and secure.
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In updating our definitions of family for a new age, we’ve traded security for freedom and swapped the group for a loose network of kin.
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The insecurities, brash reactions, and self-doubts that emerge in difficult times are reflexes that started long ago.
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There is often an underlying quiet confidence in those who display humility, and a loud insecurity in those who display arrogance.
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…you must be mature and secure enough to take in people’s criticism without defensiveness and learn from it.
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Don’t be insecure about aiming to be a small business. Anyone who runs a business that’s sustainable and profitable, whether it’s big or small, should be proud.
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