I want to know life and understand it and interpret it without fear or favor. This, I feel is a man’s work and worthy of a man’s dignity. Life is not made up of dishonest optimism, God is not always in his Heaven, all is not always right with the world. It is not all bad, but it is not all good, it is not all ugly, but it is not all beautiful, it is life, life, life — the only thing that matters.

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Philosophy

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Personal Development

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Motivation & Inspiration

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Communication

Thomas Wolfe on Ambition, Gratitude, and the True Measure of Success, in Letters to His Mother

“No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life”

Nietzsche on How to Find Yourself and the True Value of Education

At the root of our misguided grasping at self-worth, is a confusion between pride and self-esteem.Pride is a sense of worth derived from something that is not part of us, while self-esteem derives from the potentialities and achievements of self. We are proud when we identify ourselves with an imaginary self, a leader, a holy cause, a collective body of possessions. There is fear and intolerance in pride; it is insensitive and uncompromising. The less promise and potency in the self, the more imperative is the need for pride. The core of pride is self-rejection.

THE DEFENCE BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND PRIDE

loveandrelationships

Love & Relationships

“Bruce Lee on Self-Actualization and the Crucial Difference Between Pride and Self-Esteem” – The Marginalian

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe

Julien Foussard analyzes the quote of Abraham Lincoln linked to the success and the business world. He gives advices in order to help entrepreneurs.

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Productivity

timemanagement

Time Management

business

Business

Julien Foussard analyzes the quote by Abraham Lincoln

All human activity is prompted by desire. It is one of the fundamental aspects, that differentiate human beings from the rest of the species. We have some desires which are, so to speak, infinite, which can never be fully gratified, and which would keep us restless even in Paradise.

The Driving Force Behind All

Bertrand Russell’s magnificent Nobel prize acceptance speech.

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Marketing & Sales

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Society, Arts & Culture

The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior

We all have a dominant emotional style, which is most familiar to us. But dialing down our dominant emotion has a lot of benefits. studies have shown, people who experience a broad range of emotions tend to have better mental and physical health, which includes lower rates of depression. The key is to maintain a balanced perspective. Play along with other emotions as well, so that you can come up with different solutions to your problem.

Why being able to feel a range of emotions matters?

Too much of a single emotion can lead to burnout. These strategies can help.

Understand yourself and those around you.

psychology

Psychology

mindfulness

Mindfulness

mentalhealth

Mental Health

How to Identify Your 'Dominant Emotional Style' (and Why It's so Important)

When you let little things build up, you’re more likely to act in an uncontrolled fashion at an inopportune time.Give yourself a chance to detach from your initial emotional response and carefully think about what you want to say and how you’ll say it.

Act, but don’t ambush

Are you overlooking serious problems because you’re conflict averse?

Thomas Wolfe on Ambition, Gratitude, and the True Measure of Success, in Letters to His Mother

Nietzsche on How to Find Yourself and the True Value of Education

“Bruce Lee on Self-Actualization and the Crucial Difference Between Pride and Self-Esteem” – The Marginalian

Julien Foussard analyzes the quote by Abraham Lincoln

The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior

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