“I’ve noticed that people who measure their accomplishments in terms of specifics tend to be happier and a lot more energized than people who speak and think in generalities. Someone who responds to a question like ‘How are things going?’ with an answer like ‘Things are pretty good’ isn’t actually connecting with their real experience. “But if you think about specific facts when you assess your situation, this grounds your feeling in reality. “For example, saying, ‘This recently completed project earned ten times as much money as it did last year’ is very different from saying, ‘This project
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