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Difficulty

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In many ways, knowing when and when not to watch one another, physically and socially, is a difficult dance of attention.

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…there is no more difficult moment to be the head of a business than when there has been a massive disappointment.

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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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…happiness is a subjective experience that is difficult to describe to ourselves and to others, thus evaluating people’s claims about their own happiness is an exceptionally thorny business.

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…most of us have a hard time imagining a tomorrow that is terribly different from today, and we find it particularly difficult to imagine that we will ever think, want, or feel differently than we do now.

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…the psychological immune system has a more difficult time manufacturing positive and credible views of inactions than of actions.

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Once trust has been lost, it can be quite difficult to repair. In the extreme, there is a point of no return.

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By its very nature, meaningful work is hard; people often get the greatest satisfaction from overcoming, the most difficult challenges.

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Many economic choices are gambles. Given our uncertain world, the difficult and interesting choices are always gambles of one kind or another.

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…the possibilities are endless if you just keep going and, at your most difficult and trying moments, push yourself to do your fucking job.

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