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Tag: Motivation

"It's very ego-inflating to do a great thing, to make a massive change and much less so to work in the background to make a small change. But small changes are solid and they tend not to produce terrible negative consequences and to work incrementally is to work realistically and properly."

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: Aug 08, 2018

Quote taken from Jordan B Peterson - An Invitation to the Intellectual Dark Web at 30:43.


"Being is a tragic state, human being is a tragic state. So you can shrink from that, but if you shrink from that the suffering increases and intensifies and you become resentful and malevolent. The alternative is to move forward courageously. That's the dragon motif. That's the hero myth essentially."

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: Sep 01, 2017

Quote taken from Joe Rogan Experience #1006 - Jordan Peterson & Bret Weinstein at 52:12.


"Negotiation and conflict are somewhat indistinguishable and it's easy moment to moment to avoid negotiation and conflict, but you pay a terrible price for it in the medium to long-term. It's better to face the conflict forthrightly in the present and make peace for the medium to long-term."

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: Oct 16, 2018

Quote taken from Jordan B Peterson - August 2018 Patreon Q & A at 15:47.


"Bind your ambition with humility and work on what's right in front of you that you will suffer for if you get wrong before you engage in the large-scale transformation of other people."

- Quote by Jordan Peterson

Date: Aug 05, 2018

Quote taken from Jordan Peterson - Iceland: 12 Rules for Life Tour: Lecture 1 at 12:21.


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