You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog. – Doug Coupland
The real killers in the business world arent the ones who aim for the top, its the ones who aim for two notches below the top. – Doug Coupland
Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people. – Doug Coupland
Theres much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the worlds probably a better place for it. – Doug Coupland
Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because its shameful, or, in some circumstances, dangerous. The fear response is automatic, though, and your body runs through its reflexes whether you want it to or not. – Sebastian Junger