Comments on: The Mass of Men Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/starting-a-business/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/ All Things Related to Business Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Karen http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/starting-a-business/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/comment-page-1/#comment-120242 Karen Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:35:39 +0000 http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/?p=424#comment-120242 My English Comp teacher wrote this on our board this week and wanted us to look it up for a bonus on our Vocab test! What an amazing quote....I love it and will cherish it always... Thank you, My English Comp teacher wrote this on our board this week and wanted us to look it up for a bonus on our Vocab test! What an amazing quote….I love it and will cherish it always…
Thank you,

]]> By: Carol http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/starting-a-business/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/comment-page-1/#comment-113130 Carol Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:26:03 +0000 http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/?p=424#comment-113130 Wow ... this person SO misunderstands what Thoreau is talking about. More is NOT more. In Thoreau's mind, LESS was "more" and was the secret to finding one's own inner song. This guy here has no clue! Wow … this person SO misunderstands what Thoreau is talking about.

More is NOT more. In Thoreau’s mind, LESS was “more” and was the secret to finding one’s own inner song.

This guy here has no clue!

]]> By: Ronnie http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/starting-a-business/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/comment-page-1/#comment-74564 Ronnie Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:33:55 +0000 http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/?p=424#comment-74564 I am right there, at this turning point in my life, and I have decided I must do something now. I have made big plans and started with change already and am surprised how quickly things can happen if you brave the chill and just step out! I am right there, at this turning point in my life, and I have decided I must do something now. I have made big plans and started with change already and am surprised how quickly things can happen if you brave the chill and just step out!

]]> By: Two Kinds of Men « Benzesq http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/starting-a-business/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/comment-page-1/#comment-37413 Two Kinds of Men « Benzesq Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:44:24 +0000 http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/?p=424#comment-37413 [...] Reactors settle into a low-risk, low-reward game.  The leveraged positions of Initiators take most of the rewards of success (first to kill is first to eat) but cover most of the losses from failure. Reactors, therefore, are boxed out of big gains but kept safe from dangerous fall-out. Reactors’ risk aversion is associated with practical, commonsense decision-making (and, conversely, lack of confidence and limiting beliefs).  By tagging along on the shadowy coattails of their risk-taking counterparts, Reactors experience a muted life experience. Their disposition attains security. But being only able to nibble at the low-hanging fruit, Reactors often lead quiet lives of desperation. [...] [...] Reactors settle into a low-risk, low-reward game.  The leveraged positions of Initiators take most of the rewards of success (first to kill is first to eat) but cover most of the losses from failure. Reactors, therefore, are boxed out of big gains but kept safe from dangerous fall-out. Reactors’ risk aversion is associated with practical, commonsense decision-making (and, conversely, lack of confidence and limiting beliefs).  By tagging along on the shadowy coattails of their risk-taking counterparts, Reactors experience a muted life experience. Their disposition attains security. But being only able to nibble at the low-hanging fruit, Reactors often lead quiet lives of desperation. [...]

]]> By: JL Wallace http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/starting-a-business/the-mass-of-men-lead-lives-of-quiet-desperation/comment-page-1/#comment-32087 JL Wallace Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:11:19 +0000 http://www.thenewbusinessblog.com/?p=424#comment-32087 Follow your bliss. If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open the doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be. If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else. -Joseph Campbell Follow your bliss.
If you do follow your bliss,
you put yourself on a kind of track
that has been there all the while waiting for you,
and the life you ought to be living
is the one you are living.
When you can see that,
you begin to meet people
who are in the field of your bliss,
and they open the doors to you.
I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid,
and doors will open
where you didn’t know they were going to be.
If you follow your bliss,
doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else.
-Joseph Campbell

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