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Amy Peach

Director of Instructional Technology, Fontbonne University, St Louis, MO USA

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When do you keep pushing and when is it time to give up?

Learning to pick battles is an important life lesson. While working with people who have very different views is valuable in many respects, when does it cross the line into a battle of egos that doesn't move you closer to a goal? Please share experiences and insights you've had...be they professional or personal.

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    Jan 17 2013: when you know.

    it requires being in the now and being neutral with ones ego.
    how is a small, puny ego and a large, arrogant ego the same?

    They are both unhealthy
    A balanced ego feels no lack of nor the need for
    so it is a condition of a fairly empty mind and that mind can see, think and respond clearly.
    it is really being present




    methinks

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