The rigid person is a disciple of death - from the Tao Te Ching
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| Laurence Gonzales : Psychologists who study survival say that people who are rule followers don’t do as well as those who are of independent mind and spirit. When a patient is told that he has six months to live, he has two choices: to accept the news and die, or to rebel and live. People who survive cancer in the face of such a diagnosis are notorious. The medical staff observes that they are “bad patients,” unruly, troublesome. They don’t follow directions. They question everything. They’re annoying. They’re survivors. |
He's the kind of person who, when you tell him something, he gets it right away. He's a good athlete. He's competitive. He can stand up in front of a hundred people and speak on something he doesn't know about. He'll just do it. He won't hesitate. He's a creature of habit and a perfectionist. (a fighter pilot)
(LG was born in 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Houston and San Antonio, TX)
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