I Could See That Making Judgments About

Success Is Achieved By People Who Deeply Understand Reality And Know How To Use It To Get What They Want. The Converse Is Also True: Idealists Who Are Not Well-grounded In Reality Create Problems, Not Progress.

There Is A Strong Tendency To Get Used To And Accept Very Bad Things That Would Be Shocking If Seen With Fresh Eyes.

Successful People Ask For The Criticism Of Others And Consider Its Merit.

Ironically, People Who Suppress The Mini-confrontations For Fear Of Conflict Tend To Have Huge Conflicts Later, Which Can Lead To Separation, Precisely Because They Let Minor Problems Fester. On The Other Hand, People Who Address The Mini-conflicts Head-on In Order To Straighten Things Out Tend To Have The Great, Long-lasting Relationships.

With The Media, We Don't Know What's True, And We Don't Have Radical Transparency Because We're Seeing Everything Through Somebody Else's Eyes. There's No Other Industry That Has As Much Power And As Much Freedom And As Little Quality Control. I Can't Imagine How Anyone Could Not Think That's A Problem.