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To preserve is not to recapture what’s past but rather to change what’s saved, at the very least by shifting the context to the new world of the present.
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Without the powers of focus, awareness, and judgment that fuel self-control, we cannot fend off distractions, set goals, manage a complex, changing environment, and ultimately shape the trajectory of our lives.
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…getting people to change their behavior is hard…
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…our learning abilities don’t have to change as we age.
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We are living in a world that is changing faster than ever and facing challenges that are unprecedented.
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Cultural change is never linear and rarely predictable.
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Fortunes rise or fall according to how well they adapt to changing circumstances.
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You will help yourself if you let yourself know that you cannot change the past by being angry about it.
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The condition of life we most want to change is the inevitability of death. Death insults us. It always wins. It mocks our wish for omnipotence and confounds our desire for control.
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…life will never be the same. It never is. Each loss changes life forever; the greater the loss, the greater the change.
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