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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Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.
If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.
It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.
Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical
Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.
Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.
Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.
Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.
Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.
Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again
Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.