“Despite what people tell you, what you do for the majority of the day is who you are. For most people, that is their job, and if you’re not careful now, if you’re not putting your entire effort into every subject to see which ones suit you best, if you’re not taking advantage of every opportunity with the time you have right now while you're still young, you’ll never have a good understanding of yourself or your gifts. You’ll wind up picking a major at college that you don’t feel passionate about, because you don’t even know what your passion is.” PhilosophyPurposePassionWorkHumilityPrideEgoSelf AwarenessSelf Reflection9 To 5 Book:The Humble Good: A Novel Source: The Humble Good: A Novel
“Modern society doesn’t have a problem with treating the janitor the same as the CEO. We have a problem with our need to show the world that we treat the janitor the same as the CEO.” SocietyHumilityPrideEgoGrandstandingVirtue SignalingDtdsundaysHumble BraggingVirtue SignalHumble Brag Author:Cic Mellace
“We criticize anyone who tries to break away from the rat race, because the idea that there is a way out scares us more than dying in the state we’re in.” PhilosophyHumilityPrideEgoCriticismSelf AwarenessSelf ReflectionRat RaceSelf Analysis9 To 5 Book:The Humble Good: A Novel Source: The Humble Good: A Novel
“People don’t care about this kind of stuff, ya know? We want self-improvement, not self-knowledge. We want change,” he motioned with his hands in a strange attempt to mock modern-day hipsters' version of change, “But not for any particular reason. We want to do good deeds but only if we can tell others about it. We want all sorts of ideals, not for their own sake, but rather for the sake of appearances. We don’t want knowledge; we want to show others we have knowledge.” HumilityPrideEgoDepressionSelf AwarenessHumbleNarcissismBraggingSelf RighteousnessHumble Bragging Book:The Humble Good: A Novel Source: The Humble Good: A Novel
“We sit here and we talk about sports. We talk about our home improvement projects. We gossip about family members we don’t care about. We self-victimize and complain about petty problems we've created ourselves. We work like dogs to keep up with the Joneses but have no time to enjoy the things we work for. We work purposeless jobs that keep us mildly happy, never really enjoying what we do, but we also never get the balls to leave the job. We drink on the weekends to numb the pain but it never really cures it. We criticize anyone who tries to break away from the rat race, because the idea that there is a way out scares us more than dying in the state we’re in. We only give to causes that affect us personally, only follow religions that suit us, only listen to people who agree with us, and worst of all,” he paused, and in a sad, defeated finale to his rant, he said, “We lie to ourselves.” SocietyHumilityPrideEgoDepressionSelf AwarenessSelfishnessNarcissismMeaninglessnessSelf Victimizing Book:The Humble Good: A Novel Source: The Humble Good: A Novel