JumpStart - As You “So”, You Reap

2021-09-15

Decades ago, I heard the wise Earl Nightingale say in one of his recordings that, “Superlatives are diminutives” and his words are even more true today than back then. Seriously, have you noticed how polarized our speech has changed over the years? “Good” has become “awesome”, “bad” has become “the worst”, etc. Then there are the superlative amplifiers such as “very” and “so” and “totally”. We live in a world of extremes both in our minds and in reality and, believe it or not, happiness, and contentment lie somewhere in the middle. In this J...

Decades ago, I heard the wise Earl Nightingale say in one of his recordings that, “Superlatives are diminutives” and his words are even more true today than back then.

Seriously, have you noticed how polarized our speech has changed over the years?

“Good” has become “awesome”, “bad” has become “the worst”, etc.

Then there are the superlative amplifiers such as “very” and “so” and “totally”.

We live in a world of extremes both in our minds and in reality and, believe it or not, happiness, and contentment lie somewhere in the middle.

In this JumpStart, learn how good is often better (and more accurate) than “great” and how searching for the “best” often makes you feel like the “worst”...

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