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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Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.
Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
People say law but they mean wealth.
Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.
The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.
We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.
Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.
Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.