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There are only 4 types of personalities. Goldfinches, parrots, pigeons, and foxes. That’s how the world is organized. ​ Goldfinches talk. They tell everyone how things should be done. They write books about Marx, give lectures to entrepreneurs, and preach about how the economy ought to work. ​ Parrots repeat. They vote, cheer, kneel, lick, suck, swallow, and when a stranger scores a goal, they say, “we’ve won.” ​ Pigeons make no noise. They simply move, looking very busy most of the time. From one place to another, only to end up exactly where they started. ​ And then there are the foxes. A minority who neither understand the songs of goldfinches and parrots nor the motion of pigeons. The only thing the foxes know is that every morning, when they go out, they find a banquet of goldfinches, parrots, and pigeons ready to be devoured without offering the slightest resistance. ​ Goldfinches, parrots, pigeons, and foxes. This is what Luis Monge, who writes the best newsletter in Spanish, shot a few days ago. ​ It made my day. I hope now also yours. ​ If you are still thinking about what is your “animal”, click below and start hunting. ​ PD 1: If you liked this email, don't keep it in secret and forward it to a friend. They will thank you enormously one day. PD 2: If somebody has sent you this email and you want to receive emails like this yourself, visit vicentevalencia.com PD 3: If you want unsubscribe, click the link below. ​ ​ |
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