"motivation is highest when the probability of success is 50 percent: We don't get involved if the task is too easy or too hard."

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Source : Judith M. Bardwick (1995). “Danger in the Comfort Zone: From Boardroom to Mailroom--how to Break the Entitlement Habit That's Killing American Business”, p.63, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

Judith M Bardwick

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“I have to figure out why I worked at a job I hated for years. I have to find out why I canâ€™t see what everyone else sees in me. I donâ€™t feel beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I never saw beautiful. For this to happen to someone like me, itâ€™s devastating, Jonas. I donâ€™t want you to think itâ€™s vanity, it isnâ€™t. I canâ€™t see me and I need to be able to do that. I need to find out what Iâ€™m like and what I want. I have to be comfortable in my own skin before I can be in a relationship the way you want.”

Source : "What I see in the mirror" by Luke Goss, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2012.
“There's a house across the river, but alas, I cannot swim I'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in”
“It was February sixth: eight days until Valentine's Day. I was dateless, as usual, deep in the vice grip of unrequited love. It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer in America who stuck hearts and cupids in their windows by January second to rub it in.”
“Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.”
“Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.”
“Destiny is thrifty. To weave her tapestry, she uses even the tiniest snips of thread.”
“In terms of how Iranians see the U.S. government, that's a difficult question. But in terms of how Iranians see Americans, there is a very good mutual belief that they have so much in common with American people and they feel totally related to them. In terms of government, definitely there are some hardcore hardliners who hate the U.S. government, but at the same time, there are some more moderate.”

Source : Source: time.com
“What strikes me is that theres a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.”

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