A Quote by Barbara Fredrickson
When we inject people with positivity, their outlook expands. They see the big picture. When we inject them with neutrality or negativity, their peripheral vision shrinks. There is no big picture, no dots to connect.
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The big picture is that there is no big picture.
That's why we keep painting it.
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