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Which thinking habit do you wish you could break?

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Vox, to writers and thinkers, 9 Questions, 2017

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Courtney Maum

Novelist and essayist

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I’m too quick to jump to a negative conclusion. For example, if I’ve had a book come out recently and I’m with a friend who doesn’t mention it, instead of thinking, “This person hasn’t mentioned my book because they’re busy and haven’t had time to purchase it, much less read it, and that doesn’t mean that they don’t like me,” I will go to, “This person doesn’t care about me,” which is such a terrible, self-centered way to think. People really are busy and their world doesn’t stop just because I’ve published a novel.

Sean Illing, Vox, “9 questions” series, 15 July 2017 source ↗

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Mark Cuban Entrepreneur and investor; owner of the Dallas Mavericks
I’ll get half way through a book and then jump to another.
Recorded Sean Illing, Vox, “9 questions” series, 13 May 2017 source ↗
Fareed Zakaria Journalist and author; host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS
Wasting time reading blogs, magazines, newspapers. They have their place but they can become an addiction. And the real ways to gain understanding about issues are reading books and traveling.
Recorded Sean Illing, Vox, “9 questions” series, 20 May 2017 source ↗

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