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There are growing pains at first [in a Results-only Work Environment], but eventually people find out a way to both get what they need from their coworkers and respect their time.
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129 |
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Dominance is bothersome under any circumstances, but it is most painful to people when an important element of their self-concept is threatened…
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041 |
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The pain of living with horrors we have committed but cannot morally accept is searing, which is why most people will reach for any justification available to assuage the dissonance.
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268 |
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Defining the purpose and mission of the business is difficult, painful, and risky. But it alone enables a business to set objectives, to develop strategies, to concentrate its resources, and to go to work.
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104 |
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Most of us don’t like to forgive. It’s not fun, and it’s difficult. When the stakes are high, forgiving can seem as difficult as performing surgery on yourself, and equally painful.
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010 |
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Forgiveness must build a bridge over pain, often tremendous pain. Forgiveness starts in hurt, in anger, in disbelief, in confusion. It starts in hatred.
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014 |
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Premature forgiveness only leads to anger later on. As unpleasant as the pain can be, you must feel it through and through before you can move on.
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075 |
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When one of us is strong an patient enough to accept pain, injustice and suffering without returning it in kind, we all benefit.
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150 |
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…we all tend to inflict our pain upon one another whether we mean to or not.
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151 |
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We are wired as deeply as our musical sense or sense of balance to respond to hurt with hurt, pain with pain, insult with insult. Not doing so requires enormous restraint.
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214 |
