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		jkhdigital 11 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hashcards: A plain-text spaced repetition system I often hear a different version of that quote: You can be right, or you can be happy.

btilly 10 days ago [–]

One of the reasons of my version is that it points my attention at the actual decision - would I prefer to be right, or to cut this person off? The answer isn't always to please others.

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