“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
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“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
Memoir of a Writer 
And, perhaps, how positive you make your thougts.
Warmest regards, Ed
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Agreed
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Oh, fun. I’m being flailed alive by a hundred rabid cats, aren’t they cute. Yay me!
I get it. Pretty hard sometimes, I’d imagine.
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I’m not naturally optimistic myself, but I can see where thinking about a certain situation differently can change how you feel about it. Maybe not “happy” just not unhappy. Just accepting it…maybe?
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Absolutely. As we’re all living in a virtual world, our interpretation is everything.
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Is that metaphorical?
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I’ll never tell.
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Author Susan Cane in her book “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8520610-quiet credits Dale Carnegie with the beginning of the change from culture of character to culture of personality. I’m commenting because I was recommended that book to read in the 1970’s, and IMHO has not done the world any favours.
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I’ve read Quiet! Although, to be honest I didn’t love the thesis of it. I’ve always considered myself an introvert but after reading the book I’ve decided to not label myself anything because of how boxed in it felt to be categorized.
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I loved her big picture context and research, though I agree it was from a particular perspective. I was relieved to find I was an introvert more than 20 years ago as it was presented in a way that there is value in both introversion and extroversion (of course no-one is just one or the other) however having seen the promotion of the culture of personality over the values of quality and authenticity concerns me.
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