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You still don't know what you do well.

— Douglas Coupland

More from Douglas Coupland

  1. You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you worry you are an interchangeable cog.
  2. You wilfully ignore the small, gentle observations in life which you know are the most important.
  3. You are paralyzed by the fact that cruelty is often amusing.
  4. Your refusal to acknowledge the dark side of humanity makes you prey to that dark side.
  5. You don't believe magic is possible in lives lived within traditional boundaries.
  6. You worry that if you lower your guard, even for one second, your whole world will disintegrate into chaos.
  7. Your inability to achieve solitude makes you settle for substandard relationships.
  8. You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about yourself.

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Topics in this quote

  • growth
  • career
  • awareness
  • potential
  • self awareness
  • skills

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