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Whatever you do, don’t play it safe. Don’t do things the way they’ve always been done. Don’t try to fit the system. If you do what’s expected of you, you’ll never accomplish more than others expect.
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274 |
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A person’s status depends on the circumstances and on who’s around.
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131 |
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…what’s the first step to changing norms? It’s breaking the code of silence around the problem that always sustains the status quo.
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175 |
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…the disadvantages of a change loom larger than its advantages, including a bias that favors the status quo.
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292 |
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Loss aversion is a powerful conservative force that favors minimal changes from the status quo in the lives of both institutions and individuals.
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305 |
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This evolutionary tendency to avoid losses, even to obtain gains, further cements people’s desire to maintain the status quo.
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050 |
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People should be encouraged and inspired to challenge the status quo is a safe-to-fail environment without fear of reprisal.
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128 |
