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8 subtle reasons people keep disrespecting you
“Respect is earned,” they say. This is true. You want to focus on being a person of integrity who overcomes challenges and puts effort into worthwhile things.
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“Everyone has the same time but not the same chance.”
— Do Not Destroy
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“Perhaps the most critical piece of evidence for the theory of hypocrisy as false signaling is that people disliked hypocrites more than so-called ‘honest hypocrites.’ In a fourth online study, the researchers tested perceptions of ‘honest hypocrites,’ who — like traditional hypocrites — condemn behaviors that they engage in, but who also admit that they sometimes commit those behaviors. ‘The extent to which people forgive honest hypocrites was striking to us,’ says Jordan. ‘These honest hypocrites are seen as no worse than people who commit the same transgressions but keep their mouths shut and refrain from judging others for doing the same — suggesting that the entirety of our dislike for hypocrites can be attributed to the fact that they falsely signal their virtue.’”
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“All bark and no bite—just a whimpering dog.”
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“Everybody has a little bit of the sun and moon in them. Everybody has a little bit of man, woman, and animal in them. Darks and lights in them. Everyone is part of a connected cosmic system. Part earth and sea, wind and fire, with some salt and dust swimming in them. We have a universe within ourselves that mimics the universe outside. None of us are just black or white, or never wrong and always right. No one. No one exists without polarities. Everybody has good and bad forces working with them, against them, and within them.”
— Suzy Kasserm
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Saul Bass: On Making Money vs Quality Work
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How self-deception allows people to lie
We lie to ourselves to protect our self-images, which allows us to act immorally while maintaining a clear conscience. According to the very latest research, self-deception may have even evolved to help us to persuade others; if we start believing our own lies, it’s much easier to get other people to believe them, too.
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“You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.”
— George Lucas
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“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.”
— John Ruskin
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“Hypocrites get offended by the truth.”
— Jess C. Scott
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“Influencers rely on having an audience, while artists create for the sake of their art, regardless of who’s watching.”
— Do Not Destroy
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How to make an impact when you follow in a successful person’s footsteps
“The first step to following in the footsteps of someone who appears brilliant is to realise that they are not a demi-god sent down to Earth to shame us all, but they are only human – and like all humans they are prone to errors with their own range of flaws and weaknesses.”