Opportunities Cost You: Why “Yes” Actually Means “No”
Human experience works out such that inside any “yes” is also a “no.” But investing effort in activities like study lets us engage better with life as a result.
Stephen-Covey
An introspective look at not remembering names
Over at Becoming Minimalist, Joshua Becker聽offers some personal introspection on a paradigmatic case of forgetting a couple’s names. In part, Becker narrates,
I was sad that I wasn鈥檛 able to remember something as simple as the names of two people I very much enjoyed meeting.
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And suddenly it struck me.
I entered the conversation鈥攁s I do so often鈥攚ith the desire to be known rather than to know. I was trying so hard to say something impressive or witty or intelligent that I entirely missed what they were saying on the other side of the conversation.
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