Michael, thank you (I think) for opening your essay with that quote. Although you use it to make a case on a different subject, Professor Levitt’s statement hits home with me at this moment, and it hits hard. Having just experienced a professional setback, I am trying to avoid looking out the window, but it’s difficult to resist. But looking into the mirror has been doubly difficult, and pretty unpleasant.
It is a rare person who has never had difficulty looking into a mirror.
I could fill many pages with my own blunders. One thing I've noticed over the years, however, is that people often tend to be much harder on themselves than they would be on others. When you ask them what their advice would be to a friend who was in a similar situation, their comments are usually much kinder and balanced than the ones they direct at themselves.
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Michael, thank you (I think) for opening your essay with that quote. Although you use it to make a case on a different subject, Professor Levitt’s statement hits home with me at this moment, and it hits hard. Having just experienced a professional setback, I am trying to avoid looking out the window, but it’s difficult to resist. But looking into the mirror has been doubly difficult, and pretty unpleasant.
It is a rare person who has never had difficulty looking into a mirror.
I could fill many pages with my own blunders. One thing I've noticed over the years, however, is that people often tend to be much harder on themselves than they would be on others. When you ask them what their advice would be to a friend who was in a similar situation, their comments are usually much kinder and balanced than the ones they direct at themselves.
Take care. You have my best wishes.
Michael
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