... go ahead and plan for disappointment and let down. Concentration on what is, rather than what may be keeps one from becoming distracted, which relates back to the fore mentioned quotes. Great detail and attention must be paid to each and every moment. There are many other lessons of major importance with regards to management, and more simply, to life in general ... building an affective management principle. It is not something easily acquired or kept. Socrates touches on this subject at various times and points during Dan's journey. I have picked out two quotes that represent the impo...

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... true focus is to be on the job. While he is there, however, some things do not go as he intended. His beloved, Luz, is not faithful to him. Hemingway quotes, "Living in the muddy, rainy town in the winter, the major of the battalion made love to Luz, and she had never known Italians before, and finally wrote back to ... she expects to marry the major in the spring. Hemingway shows, "She hoped he would have a great career and believed in him absolutely. She knew it was for the best"(359). The story ends shortly after this deplorable news. The reader learns that Luz's expectations of beco...

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... fortunate! For the Kingdom of Heaven is given to them" and "Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired, for then you will lose the reward". Looking at these quotes, one can conclude that Jesus supported a humble lifestyle, valuing humility and modesty as traits that an ideal man would possess. Also when he said "There is a saying, "Love your friends ... can suppress or control what he/she is thinking. It is true that many of Jesus" teachings would undeniably benefit our society today, but the achievability of some of his expectations can be seen as questionable. For Confucius, his...

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