To make a successful new beginning, it is important to do more than simply persevere. It is important to understand what it is within us that undermines our resolve and casts doubt on our plans. One member of the transition class was close to the truth when he said, “There’s a tough old immigrant inside me who is scared to death of anything new and who believes that the only way to survive is to do everything the old, slow, safe way.” This man was a scientist whose parents were immigrants who had lived out their lives in the narrow corridors of a city ghetto. Although he had made many external
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