[Image] The greatest gift you can give somebody is your own personal development
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Posted Jan 20, 2019, 8:28 PM UTC
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Now I says "hey buddy, you better take care of me or I'm gonna take care of you, capisce?"
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Don’t say capisce, when you say it, it hurts my ears.
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You just triggered r/communism
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I love this (: Thanks for posting OP
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Glad someone found it helpful!
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That's really an amazing perspective
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Summarized by this too 😂
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Spot on! It's not obvious too. Most of the time, people have this sense of dependency, but the real key is like what the airplane crew always say in their safety message: help yourself first before you help others. It takes a pretty high level of self-awareness before you can truly realise and appreciate this.
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The greatest gift you can give someone is to mind your own business!
Edit: I do believe in personal development but the 'cult of personal development' I find nausiating and, in any case, it has to be instigated personally.
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No offense, I like the quote and I like Calvin and Hobbes but I'm not seeing the connection between the two.