“it’s harder to be kind than clever”
jeff bezos, the CEO of amazon.com, gave princeton’s graduation speech this year.
What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy — they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.
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Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?
good question. luckily we get an opportunity to answer it millions of times in our lives. i’m slowly learning how to make the harder choice (for me, anyway), and it is far more rewarding.
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