"The saddest truth is realizing someone’s worth when they’re no longer around to hear it."
BURHANUDDIN MULLA HAMZABHAI
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Why We Often Appreciate People Only After They’re Gone
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“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been ...
CARL SAGAN
Truth
You can only make progress when you’re starting with the truth. The hard thing is seeing the truth. Suffering is the moment when we can no longer deny reality.
Outside of suffering, you have to get your ego out of the way because your ego doesn’t want to face the truth.
"Let’s take this offline"
Without a clear, quick mention of how and when this “offline” conversation will take place, this is a jargony way to dismiss someone’s idea and put them off indefinitely.
And since any meaningful follow-up will likely take place online, it also no longer makes sense. W...
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