"He sido un hombre afortunado en la vida, nada me ha sido facil." "I've been a fortunate man in life, nothing has come easy"
Sigmund FreudRead
When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons.
Interpretation
Weighing pros and cons is beneficial for making minor decisions.
In this quote, Sigmund Freud expresses the importance of evaluating the advantages and disadvantages when faced with decisions that, while seemingly minor, can still impact our lives. This approach encourages careful thought and reflection, enabling individuals to make informed choices, even in situations that might appear trivial at first glance.
In practice
In a team meeting when discussing which projects to pursue.
"He sido un hombre afortunado en la vida, nada me ha sido facil." "I've been a fortunate man in life, nothing has come easy"
I take up the standpoint that the tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man, and I come back now to the statement that it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture.
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so forlornly unhappy as when we have lost our love object or its love.
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture.
A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight
I compare myself with my former self, not with others. Not only that, I tend to compare my current self with the best I have been, which is when I have been midly manic. When I am my present "normal" self, I am far removed from when I have been my liveliest, most productive, most intense, most outgoing and effervescent. In sort, for myself, I am a hard act to follow.
Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.
I'm a true believer in story. I think when you just tell people to think, people tend to get resistant and defensive and feel like you're accusing them of not thinking.
Failures are infinitely more instructive than successes.
I've often thought that if planners were botanists, zoologists, geologists, and people who know about the earth, we would have much more wisdom in such planning than we have when we leave it to the engineers.
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