There is a very deep misunderstanding in the world about being effective. People think by knowing other people they can be very effective. The idea is, if I know you, I can make this situation go my way. This is the idea, but it is not true. If you know yourself, you can become very effective in the world. If you do not make any attempts to read something or perceive something or judge something, but simply learn to look at everything the way it is, you will see things the way they are. But if you make an effort to read – and sometimes you will, because, after all, you have a mind – you may
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