Verum Insights Part 1

“We’re less committed to choices we think we can reverse, and commitment is crucial for happiness.”

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“Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that's why life is hard.”

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“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The price of success is paid in private. Visible triumphs are built on invisible work.”

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“Most people are interested. Few are truly committed.

Interested people act when it's convenient; committed people act no matter what. Interested people do the minimum; committed people push beyond limits. Interested people wait to be told; committed people take the initiative.

Fully committing is the key to accomplishment.”

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“The quality of a decision increases directly proportional to the degree to which the person is responsible.

If I tell you to do something, you're accountable but not responsible. Following a process makes you accountable, not responsible. Using judgment to opt out of the process makes you responsible. Completing assigned homework makes you accountable. Seeking out additional resources to deepen your understanding makes you responsible. Remembering your partner's birthday makes you accountable. Consistently finding ways to make them feel appreciated makes you responsible. Taking out the trash when told makes you accountable. Noticing it needs to be done and doing it makes you responsible.

Focusing on accountability doesn't improve decision quality. Embracing responsibility does.”