KNOWING WHICH ANIMAL TO FEED

Duda Owner IONOS • January 13, 2016

Life advice comes in many different forms from many different sources. Some of it we are wise to adopt immediately, while some of it we must weigh carefully and perhaps tailor exactly how it fits with us. Some life advice we should ignore.

Actor Matthew McConaughey offered some interesting life advice when he addressed the University of Houston graduating class last May (Mark Glassman, ed., “Commencement Wisdom 2015,” Bloomberg Businessweek , 6/1/15–6/7/15, p. 25):

“ Let’s admit it, we all got two wolves in us, a good one and a bad one, you know what I’m talking about—and they both wanna eat. . . . We just gotta feed that good wolf a little more than the other one. ”

I think we can all appreciate that advice. However, my suggestion is that we take it to a higher level. Let’s feed the good wolf and starve the bad one.

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