American - Psychologist | February 21, 1948 -
Despair - or as I like to call it, des-pair - means feeling unpaired in a world in which it feels like everyone else is paired with a good job, a happy marriage, loving family, caring, and hope - and you're not.
Mark Goulston
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When you are continuing to be in debt or are going deeper into it, every time a creditor calls, it rubs your face not only in how vulnerable you are, but that people are out to get something from you that you don't have to give.
TimePeopleFaceYouDebtOut
As safe and secure as you believe you are is as vulnerable as you can turn out to be.
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Terrorism thrives when the gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots' becomes so wide and when the 'have nots' reach the point of such desperation, pain, and agony that they have nothing to lose.
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Be it terrorists or 'blinded by greed' capitalists or 'deaf and dumb and siloed' officials, special interests will always tyrannize the common good.
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Lousy, ineffective actions lead to lousy outcomes. Terrific, effective actions lead to terrific outcomes.
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In my life, I think I have had more than two hundred significant breakthroughs that exponentially accelerated my life forward. However, each and every one of them was preceded by a breakdown that was not pretty, was often scary, and often felt like something I would not get past.
LifePastForwardThinkMy LifeTwo
You can't create more jobs for an economy where the vast majority of people are hesitant and even afraid to spend and buy.
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Every business needs to get out of their own mindset and into the aspirational mindsets of their customers and clients and create services and products that are beyond their customers' imagination but will be what they 'gotta have' in the future.
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If instead of completely focusing on what you are doing, you are racing ahead to something shinier or to the next best thing, you will not develop excellence.
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The best way to learn to be present and develop presence is to have the experience of someone you respect and admire being present with and for you.
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Speak the truth. People will forgive an honest mistake; they won't forgive you if you lie.
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