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What would you literally die for? Maybe you’d die for your spouse or family members, but maybe not your friends, but maybe some of them? (where’s the cutoff?) Some would die for their religion, or country, or company. Some die for honor. Really? For impact? Is any grade of impact worth losing the seat of your consciousness over?
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Rachel Naomi Remen, who once observed,
Suzanne Koven • Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life
Occasionally, when the job is really tough, I tell the person to take a break—demanding work can lead a person to burnout.
John C. Maxwell • The Complete 101 Collection: What Every Leader Needs to Know
the man lived. Not nearly enough, but not insufficiently. He found his life’s work thrice: as an activist; as a chef; and as a painter. He understood himself as something larger than himself: His mighty, extended family of origin; his beloved native land and its people. He found love and became part of a new extended family, and a new people. He ha
... See moreElizabeth Alexander • The Light of the World: A Memoir
I recently happened upon a short article, “Top Five Regrets of the Dying” by Bronnie Ware, who spent many years nursing people who had gone home to die. Their most common regret? “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” Their second most common? “I wish I didn’t work so hard.” There are two way
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Jake Wheatley • 6 cards