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In any dynamic system, the initial conditions have a huge influence over what happens to the inhabitants of that system.
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100 |
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When:
…recognize that slow-moving when problems have all the gravity of fast-moving what calamities – and deserve the same collective response.
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When:
By imagining failure in advance… you can anticipate some of the potential problems and avoid them once the actual project begins.
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107 |
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When:
As the competition proceeds, a new, more realistic baseline develops, which favors later competitors, who gain the added advantage of seeing what others have done.
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110 |
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When:
…concentrate on accomplishing a few meaningful achievements, and once you’ve gained status by demonstrating excellence, feel free to be more assertive.
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112 |
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When:
Wins needn’t be large to be meaningful.
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112 |
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When:
…for one of life’s ultimate when questions, forget the romantics and listen to the scientists. Prudence beasts passion.
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114 |
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When:
Sometimes hitting the midpoint – of a project, a semester, a life – numbs our interest and stalls our progress.
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When:
Haunted by the specter of death, middle-aged people either succumb to its inevitability or radically redirect their course to avoid reckoning with it.
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This U-curve of happiness – a mild slump rather than a raging crisis – is an extremely robust finding.
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