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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A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.
Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.
We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.
Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.
No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.
Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination