People whoare too

People whoare too
People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...
  

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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.
If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.
Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.
To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.
Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.
It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.
A language is like living skin itself.
Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.
You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.