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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Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.
Silenceis argument carried out by other means.
Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.
Ability is poor men's wealth
All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags
Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.
Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.
Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.
If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.
Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.