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When you call someone earnest, you're making a statement about their
motives. It means both that they're doing something for the right
reasons, and that they're trying as hard as they can. If we imagine
motives as vectors, it means both the direction and the magnitude
are right. Though these are of course related: when people are doing
something for the right reasons, they try harder.
Earnestness
paulgraham.com
Traumatic invalidation may occur only once, as when a mother refuses to believe that her daughter is telling the truth when she reports sexual abuse, or when a witness falsely testifies that a person committed a crime he did not commit. It can be an accumulation of pervasive misreading of emotions by others, such as when someone insists incorrectly that a person is angry, jealous, afraid, or lying or insists that the person has internal motives he or she doesn’t have. Trauma is most likely when these actions make the individual feel like an outsider.
Building a Life Worth Living
Marsha M. Linehan
At Berkshire, we believe in Charlie's dictum - "Just tell me
the bad news; the good news will take care of itself" - and that is
the behavior we expect of our managers when they are reporting to
us.
Chairman's Letter - 1995
berkshirehathaway.com
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