My latest #podcast episode is all about replacing our #procrastination habit with proactivity. I'm joined by an expert in #proactivity for a chat about how to cultivate this approach at work.
Ep 208 of 'My Pocket Psych' is available wherever you get your podcasts or direct from https://www.worklifepsych.com/podcast/208
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)
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A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
House at Pooh Corner, ch. 9 “Eeyore Finds the Wolery” (1928)
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You've never been to see any of us. You just stay here in this one corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. Why don't you go to them sometimes? Rabbit to Eeyore. Sometimes paraphrased: "You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others…
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 5, ch. 11 / sec. 31 (5.11/5.31) (43-01-01 BC) [ed. Hoyt (1896)]
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1946-02-16), “My Day”
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John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Essay (1775-02-06), “Novanglus,” No. 3, Boston Gazette
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A quotation from Erich Kastner
The events from 1933 to 1945 should have been fought in 1928 at the latest. Later it was too late. We must not wait until the struggle for freedom is called treason. We must not wait until the snowball has turned into an avalanche, we must crush the rolling snowball. Nobody can stop the avalanche! It only comes to rest when it has buried everything underneath it.Erich Kästner (1899-1974) German writer, poet, screenwriter, satirist
Speech (1958-05-10), “Über das verbrennen von büchern [On the Burning of Books],” Hamburg PEN Conference
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/kastner-erich/75897/
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The events from 1933 to 1945 should have been fought in 1928 at the latest. Later it was too late. We must not wait until the struggle for freedom is called treason. We must not wait until the snowball has turned into an avalanche, we must crush the rolling snowball.…
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