I am yours. If you feed me garbage, I will sing a song of garbage. This is a hymn.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Identity and output are shaped by what is fed to them by others.
- In plain terms
- If you treat me badly I will reflect that back in what I produce.
- What can you take from it?
- Treatment dictates the quality of response.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you feed your output?
- How do others shape you?
Another view
Some people resist external influence regardless of treatment.
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