" Success requires no apologies, faliure permits no alibis "
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When a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win
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... that are core to making it a success, according to Aristotle: Persuasion requires appealing to ethos (trust), logos (intellect), and pathos (emotions), no matter who your audience is.
People who are free and make no apologies for themselves are seen as powerful and compelling. Even when two parties are totally at odds with one another, nothing has the power to reunite them more beautifully than raw vulnerability, when expressed without attack.
When we communicate honestly and clearly, we’re leaving no uncertainty behind our intention and our meaning.
When starting a conversation in which we’d like to assert a boundary, we can sometimes let apologies creep in. But being apologetic makes us sound primed for a “no” or for some rep...
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