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The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.

— Ronald David Laing Misattributed

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D. Goleman (1985). Vital lies, simple truths. New York: Simon & Schuster, p. 24.

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