Random insight about surviving graduate school.
When someone--or a group of someones--is using the carrot-and-stick method of motivation on you, and he or she is being particularly hard with the stick, the secret is this. Realize that while you might like the carrot, it's not essential to your life. And all of the sudden, the stick has far less power.
They have completely, and totally fucked with the wrong guy.
When someone--or a group of someones--is using the carrot-and-stick method of motivation on you, and he or she is being particularly hard with the stick, the secret is this. Realize that while you might like the carrot, it's not essential to your life. And all of the sudden, the stick has far less power.
They have completely, and totally fucked with the wrong guy.