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Hatred within families may be the most damaging and enduring of all human conflicts, and the most difficult to sort out.
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190 |
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Resisting temptation and instilling self-control are general human goals, and repeatedly failing to achieve them is a source of much of our misery.
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116 |
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…procrastination is a powerful human trait, so triggers for action can still make a difference. Incentives and triggers are important as ever…
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144 |
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The human being is the only animal that thinks about the future.
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004 |
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The greatest achievement of the human brain is its ability to imagine objects and episodes that do not exist in the realm of the real, and it is this ability that allows us to think about the future.
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005 |
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Being effective – changing things, influencing things, making things happen – is one of the fundamental needs with which human brains seem to be naturally endowed…
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020 |
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…human beings come into the world with a passion for control, they go out of the world the same way, and research suggests that if they lose their ability to control thigs at any point between their entrance and their exit, they become unhappy, helpless, hopeless, and depressed.
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021 |
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…all claims of happiness are claims from someone’s point of view – from the perspective of a single human being whose unique collection of past experiences serves as a context, a lens, a background for her evaluation of her current experience.
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052 |
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The human brain is not particularly sensitive to the absolute magnitude of stimulation, but it is extraordinarily sensitive to differences and changes – that is, to the relative magnitude of stimulation.
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138 |
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Beyond their value to contribute to organizational performance, people have value as human beings.
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041 |
