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 barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.
Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.
Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.
What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.
There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.
Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.
All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.
In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.
Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.
In God we trust; all others pay cash.