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Why Listen to People’s Feelings?

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Granted, it is not easy to deal with feelings. But it is certainly difficult to get anything accomplished without dealing with them.

—THOMAS QUICK

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EMOTIONS ARE AMAZING things. They are the “unquenchable origin of every act more complicated than a reflex. . . . In all cases, emotions are humanity’s motivator and its omnipresent guide.”1 Feelings lift us up, adding color and pizzazz to our lives—but our emotions also drag us down in the dumps. They provide the drive that makes achievement possible—yet they sometimes ...

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