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“Just as a sexual fantasy can lead to sexual feelings, so can happy memories cheer us up, or melancholy thoughts make us reflective.”
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
“Nature is the ultimate artist.”
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“You can't decipher human nature
unless you appreciate its complexity.”
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unless you appreciate its complexity.”
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“You cannot force a person to see you as someone they want to open up to; you cannot force a person to see you as someone they want to connect with; you cannot force a person to see you as someone they are bound to. None of this can be enforced, none of this is reached through struggling; for the reality of these is in nature and freeflow is the way of nature. The natural opening up, the natural connection and the natural bond: cannot be attained through enforcement; but as the ocean is, it can also not be hindered or stopped. We cannot make people bond with us in ways that we wish them to; but when it does happen, it really happens, and cannot be undone.”
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“Empathy builds on self-awareness; the more open we are to our own emotions, the more skilled we will be in reading feelings.”
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
― Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
James’s 2024 Year in Books
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