“Strip away all the assumptions about what competition is supposed to do, all the claims in its behalf that we accept and repeat reflexively. What you have left is the essence of the concept: mutually exclusive goal attainment (MEGA). One person succeeds only if another does not. From this uncluttered perspective, it seems clear right away that something is drastically wrong with such an arrangement. How can we do our best when we are spending our energies trying to make others lose--and fearing that they will make us lose?” IfsTryingPersonsDoeSeemsEnergyLeftGoalLosesAcceptingClearPerspectiveSucceedConceptsEssenceClaimsCompetitionSpendingRepeatsAssumptionArrangementsBehalfExclusiveAttainmentMega Book:No Contest: The Case Against Competition Source: No Contest: The Case Against Competition
“The goals of the feminist movement have not been achieved, and those who claim we're living in a post-feminist era are either sadly mistaken or tired of thinking about the whole subject.” ThinkingWholeGoalFeminismSubjectsMovementClaimsTiredFeministErasPostsMistakenFeminist Movement Book:The edible woman ; Surfacing ; Lady oracle Source: The edible woman ; Surfacing ; Lady oracle
“If I cannot narrate a life of adventurous and daring exploits, fortunately I have no heavy crimes to confess: and, if I do not rise in the estimation of the reader for acts of gallantry and devotion in my country's cause, at least I may claim the merit of zealous and persevering continuance in my vocation. We are all of us variously gifted from Above, and he who is content to walk, instead of to run, on his allotted path through life, although he may not so rapidly attain the goal, has the advantage of not being out of breath upon his arrival.” IfsMayBookCountryRunningCausesGoalWalksPathCrimeReaderAdvantageClaimsBreathsHeavyDevotionMeritDaringGiftedVocationExploitsAdventurousArrivalsEstimationZealousContinuanceGallantry Book:Peter Simple Source: Peter Simple