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Being right isn’t free. Correcting people almost always has a social and relational cost, even when you’re objectively correct.

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Timestamps:

0:00 The Cost of Corrections

1:06 Corrections and where they stem from

6:59 The ‘Is it worth it?’ Filter

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Our problem isn’t that we’re incapable of becoming disciplined. And it’s not even that becoming disciplined is difficult. — The problem is that we often discipline ourselves to do the wrong things.

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Timestamps:

0:00 What is discipline?

0:39 My thoughts

4:47 A short story

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