“I would say raising capital is one of the weakest things for most entrepreneurs.” Quote by Robert Kiyosaki
“I do have the power. I can decide for myself what I want, even if the thought stresses me out.” Stress Author:Renata Salecl
“A friend, who's a psychologist, told me about a patient once: a woman who was well educated, had a good job, a house and a loving husband. "I did everything right in my life," said the woman. "But I'm still not happy." She never did what she herself wanted, but what she believed society expected from her.” HouseHusbandPatientEducatedGood JobPsychologistNot Happy Author:Renata Salecl
“We still can't control the consequences our choices will bring. Not only do we want freedom of choice, but we also want a guarantee that whatever we choose will be exactly as we envisioned it.” ChoicesConsequenceFreedom Of Choice Author:Renata Salecl
“Every time we decide for something, we lose something else. Buying a car is a great example. A lot of people not only read ratings before they buy their car but they continue afterwards - to make sure they really made the right choice.” PeopleChoicesCar Author:Renata Salecl
“One of the greatest gains of capitalism is that even the proletarian slave feels like a master. He believes he has the power to change his life. We are propelled by the ideology of the self-made man: we work more, we consume more and in the end we consume ourselves. The consequences are burnout, bulimia and other lifestyle diseases.” MenBelieveCapitalismConsequenceSlaveLifestyleIdeologyBulimia Author:Renata Salecl
“Sigmund Freud already discovered that suffering gives us pleasure - in a strange masochistic way. The tyranny of choice exploits that weakness. Consumer culture exhausts us. We suffer. We destroy ourselves. And we just can't stop.” GivingSufferingChoicesCulturePleasureStrangeWeaknessTyrannyMasochistic Author:Renata Salecl
“We aren't really the victims. After all, we created the system ourselves and as long as we keep consuming, it will continue to exist. Ultimately, capitalism only mirrors human nature.” LongHuman NatureCapitalismVictim Author:Renata Salecl
“Freud also said we choose our own neuroses. Capitalism is the neurosis of humanity.” HumanityCapitalism Author:Renata Salecl
“We can live a more relaxed life. We can accept that our decisions aren't rational, that we are always conditioned by society; that we lose something every time we choose something else, and that we can't truly control the consequences of our decisions.” DecisionAcceptingConsequenceRational Author:Renata Salecl
“It usually takes about two and a half weeks after you're done filming where you kind of return to yourself again.” KindDoneWeek Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh