“When new technologies impose themselves on societies long habituated to older technologies, anxieties of all kinds result.” — Marshall McLuhan, “The Agenbite of Outwit” Location (Spring 1963)
Tag: anxiety
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“When something bad happens, we can revisit the humiliation and anxiety for months. But the good stuff, if we don’t work at it, can pass right by.” — Seth Godin, “You made my day,” Seth’s Blog (2019-03-13)
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“When I think of all the books I have read, and of the wise words I have heard spoken, and of the anxiety I have given to parents and grandparents, and of the hopes that I have had, all life weighed in the scales of my own life seems to me a preparation for something that never happens.” — William Butler Yeats, Reveries over Childhood and Youth
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“I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.” — Ron White, They Call Me Tater Salad
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“Worrying is the one game in which, if you guess right, you don’t get any satisfaction out of your smartness.” — George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
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“A mistake in judgment isn’t fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.” — Pauline Kael, “Zeitgeist and Poltergeist; or, Are Movies Going to Pieces?” (December 1964)
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“You can only feel good about what you are not doing, when you know what you are not doing.” — David Allen, Getting Things Done
Initiative Does Not Equal Asking For Forgiveness
“Ask for forgiveness, not permission” is a dangerous motivational cliché. It is meant to address anxiety and the waiting for permission before acting. The problem is that the underlying message is that the end justifies the means and asking for forgiveness will absolve you of the crimes committed getting there.
Take this to the extreme and you have: “I wanted to be CEO and I was next in-line, so I killed him. It’s okay though, I asked his widow for forgiveness.”
The problem is waiting for permission. My grandfather had a much more acceptable saying: “If getting a ‘no’ for an answer is not a problem, then why be afraid to ask the question.” His version of “what’s the worst that can happen?” I think this is healthier than the asking for forgiveness model. It makes you look if the action is permissible and if is forgivable. It makes you look at what you are afraid of and, from what I have read, one of the better ways to combat anxiety is to examine what you are afraid of.
Related Articles
- It doesn’t hurt to ASK. (blog.gcsagents.com)
- Regret Me Not Project Day 100: What’s the Worst that Can Happen? (jessicahlawrence.com)
- Day 6. How Dale Carnegie helped me to ice skate (365daysofdalecarnegie.wordpress.com)
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