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This is a companion to The 3x3 Method: A Minimalist Post-Reading Note-Taking System for Busy People
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What was this book really about?
How personal pride, prejudice, and social expectations distort our understanding of others; and how love, when it finally arrives, requires humility, self-awareness, and courage to cut through those illusions.
What idea stuck with me?
“I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine.”
This line captures the emotional fragility of human ego; how judgment is often more about our wounded pride than the other’s flaws.
Where can I use that idea right now?
In any moments of conflict: when I feel indignant, pause and ask, “Is this really about what they did; or how it made me feel about myself?” It’s a reminder to examine my own emotional filters before assigning blame.
What was this book really about?
That human beings can endure almost anything if they have a sense of purpose or meaning.
What idea stuck with me?
Between stimulus and response, there is a space, and in that space is our power to choose.