Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
Atomic Habits
James Clear
But really, aren’t all children consistent, persistent, and insistent when they want something badly? Kids say all kinds of things, and yet, adults don’t take them seriously about any of it unless it relates to their gender. We don’t allow children to get tattoos or piercings, to drive, vote, drink, or buy cigarettes, because they lack the emotional maturity to make life-altering decisions.
The End of Gender
Debra Soh
Some have questioned the utility of transitioning from the perspective that clinicians should work at healing the mind instead of the body. I often hear the comparison of gender dysphoria to anorexia—and transitioning to liposuction—the implication being that you wouldn’t indulge someone whose beliefs about their weight were not reflective of physical reality. Instead, someone suffering from an eating disorder would be encouraged to undergo therapy in order to change their beliefs about their body.
The End of Gender
Debra Soh
No matter what word you use, confidence is trusting yourself to get the job done—whether that job is public speaking, sales, teaching, or being an assistant—and that trust only comes from having gotten the job done many times before.
The Defining Decade
Meg Jay
If anyone can refute me—show me I’m making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective—I’ll gladly change. It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius