Saturday, 23 October 2021

Kohn

Implicit in any exhortations to succeed by "giving them what they want" is the suggestion that you should be totally preoccupied with your own wellbeing. The more you limit your concerns to yourself, the more you help to sustain the larger system. 

             Alfie Kohn

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