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 danger forseen is half avoided.
Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.
Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.
Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.
Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.
It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.
I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.
The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.
He who is overcautious will accomplish little.
Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.