Quotes
Authors
John C. Norcross

"Realizing your goal, resolution, or transformation is a journey. Change, like any meaningful endeavor, proceeds sequentially through steps. The journey begins with the contemplation stage of specifying realistic goals, getting ready, or getting psyched. The planning stage is all about prepping. How exactly will I do this thing? At some point you will jump from preparing and planning to perspiring, the work of implementing the new, desired behavior. Getting there is wonderful, but we need to keep you there, which entails persevering through slips and, finally, persisting over time."

-- John C. Norcross

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“People will have MP3s of every Miles Davis' record but never think of hearing any of them twice in a row - there's just too much to get through.”
“Peering succeeds because it leverages self-organizationâ€”a style of production that works more effectively than hierarchical management for certain tasks.”

Source : Anthony D. Williams, Don Tapscott (2011). “Wikinomics”, p.35, Atlantic Books Ltd
“After studying dozens of sexual assault cases, it is clear to me that the "he said/she said" aspect is a big part of what makes them fraught. Many experts agree with this. But that same fraught nature is reflected in both legal standards of consent and philosophical theories of consent.”
“A quantity which is increased or decreased by an infinitely small quantity is neither increased nor decreased.”
“There are technical tricks that may help you create more effective characters. My approach to characterization is not at all technical. I can't really analyze how I do it, but I am sure of one thing. To write convincing characters, you must possess the ability to think yourself into someone else's skin.”
“Climate change: We have never faced a more critical time on our planet”
“Picasso spent hundereds of hours carefully planning his masterpieces. The sketchbooks were filled with ideas, bits and pieces, test runs, none of it meant to be seen by anyone. In a similar way, rowing practices are our sketchbooks, where we prepared our raceday masterpiece.”
“Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.”

Source : Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock (2011). “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism”, p.215, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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