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To the rational animal only is the irrational intolerable; but that which is rational is tolerable. Blows are not naturally intolerable. “How is that?” See how the Lacedaemonians endure whipping when they have learned that whipping is consistent with reason. “To hang yourself is not intolerable.” When, then, you have the opinion that it is rational, you go and hang yourself. In short, if we observe, we shall find that the animal man is pained by nothing so much as by that which is irrational; and, on the contrary, attracted to nothing so much as to that which is rational.

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We’re going to try and make it work, or else we’re going to help you find another job somewhere. But we got to be tough minded on standards here, we’ve got to perform. And in terms of performance, we said there are two things. It’s the what and the how. The what was we have these standards that we want to hit in terms of our business performance. And the how which was more important, quite frankly, is ... And here’s how we’re going to comfort ourselves as leaders. And if you can’t sign up for the what and the how you’re probably in the wrong place.

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True, you don’t have a scheduled paycheck. But then you can’t be fired. You can lose clients and you can go broke. But through lush and lean, you have a job. There’s some security and self-confidence in having even that much control over your life.

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