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If we observe the way in which people perceive the events of their lives, appreciate the quality of the lived moment, and create their future by overcoming obstacles with an open and creative attitude, we find that the optimists have an undeniable advantage over the pessimists.

Happiness

Matthieu Ricard

The distinctive capacity of human labor power is therefore not its ability to produce a surplus, but rather its intelligent and purposive character, which gives it infinite adaptability and which produces the social and cultural conditions for enlarging its own productivity, so that its surplus product may be continuously enlarged. From the point of view of the capitalist, this many-sided potentiality of humans in society is the basis upon which is built the enlargement of his capital.

Labor and Monopoly Capital

Harry Braverman

If an engagement does not have an impact that participants feel is worthwhile, they may lose faith in participatory processes and be less willing to engage again. But if the engagement has impacts that make a positive difference to participants (or their community), they will be motivated to engage again in participatory processes because they have seen the potential benefits.

How to Design and Plan Public Engagement Processes: A Handbook

Wendy Faulkner, Claire Bynner

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