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divides the world into people who focus on their own instincts and those who follow the herd. “I feel like I’m on my back,” says Buffett about his life as an investor, “and there’s the Sistine Chapel, and I’m painting away. I like it when people say, ‘Gee, that’s a pretty good-looking painting.’ But it’s my painting, and when somebody says, ‘Why don’t you use more red instead of blue?’ Good-bye. It’s my painting. And I don’t care what they sell it for. The painting itself will never be finished. That’s one of the great things about it.
Now let’s look at Emily’s side of the equation. What could she be doing differently? She’s right to protest when Greg bites—when he attacks unfairly—but what about when he hisses? Emily might address her own counterproductive reactions to anger, among them her tendency to slip into a cycle of guilt and defensiveness.
5. Master Mark Manson’s hidden skill Mark wrote “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Flying F*ck.” This way of life has spread through culture faster than a bat virus. The polite way to frame what Mark figured out is to drop your self-consciousness. The technical term in live theatre is called public solitude. All you have to do when telling a story to a live audience is pretend you’re alone in your bedroom and the audience isn’t there.
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