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- Words are such small things, like confetti in the brain, and yet they are color and clarify everything, they can stain the mind or warp the feelings.
- Diane Ackerman, One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, A Marriage, and the Language of Healing, 2011
- It's essential to tailor rehab to what impassions someone. The brain gradually learns by riveting its attention-through endless repetitions.
- Diane Ackerman, One Hundred Names for Love: A Stroke, A Marriage, and the Language of Healing, 2011
- In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way. In other cases, to get the best work out of people you may have to pretend you are not their boss and let them treat someone else like the boss, and then that whispers to you behind a fake wall and you tell them what to tell the first person. Contrary to what I believed as a little girl, being the boss almost never involves marching around, waving your arms, and chanting, " I am the boss! I am the boss!"
- Tina Fey, Bossypants, 2011
- In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone "come out" to you is the "pretending to be surprised" part.
- Tina Fey, Bossypants, 2011
- To me YES, AND means don't be afraid to contribute. Always make sure you're adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile.
- Tina Fey, Bossypants, 2011
- Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don't just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles. We've all worked with that person. That person is a drag.
- Tina Fey, Bossypants, 2011
- THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, only opportunities.
- Tina Fey, Bossypants, 2011
- When faced with sexism or ageism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question:"Is this person in between me and what do I want to do?" If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you're in charge, don't hire the people who were jerky to you.
- Tina Fey, Bossypants, 2011
- Do your thing and don't care if they like it.
- Tina Fey, Bossypants, 2011
- When people say, "You really, really must" do something, it means you don't really have to. no one ever says, "You really, really must deliver the baby during labor." When it's true, it doesn't need to be said.
- Tina Fey, Bossypants, 2011
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