People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.
Andrew BernsteinLook closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.
Andrew BernsteinTo believe that your husband, wife, parents, kids, boss, job, bank account, or body is even partly responsible for your emotions, to think that there are bullets 'out there' that you have to contend with, that there are stressful life events to overcome, is to miss something vital.
Andrew BernsteinStress is not the spice of life any more than arsenic is. And without it, you won't feel bored.
Andrew BernsteinEven in this secular country, the threat posed by religious fundamentalists is never very far away. Every major religious text exhorts the same principles - that of unyielding obedience to a supernatural being, and renunciation of the intellect and personal aspirations.
Andrew BernsteinAltruism demands that an individual serve others, but doesnโt stipulate whether those others should be oneโs family, or the homeless, or society as a whole. Collectivism states that, in politics, society comes first and the individual must obey. Collectivism is the application of the altruist ethics to politics.
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