Author: Robert E. Goodin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691148457
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The hidden value of settling In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, "settling" seems like giving up. But is it? On Settling defends the positive value of settling, explaining why this disdained practice is not only more realistic but more useful than an excessive ideal of striving. In fact, the book makes the case that we'd all be lost without settling--and that even to strive, one must first settle. We may admire strivers and love the ideal of striving, but who of us could get through a day without settling? Real people, confronted with a complex problem, simply make do, settling for some resolution that, while almost certainly not the best that one could find by devoting limitless time and attention to the problem, is nonetheless good enough. Robert Goodin explores the dynamics of this process. These involve taking as fixed, for now, things that we reserve the right to reopen later (nothing is fixed for good, although events might always overtake us). We settle on some things in order to concentrate better on others. At the same time we realize we may need to come back later and reconsider those decisions. From settling on and settling for, to settling down and settling in, On Settling explains why settling is useful for planning, creating trust, and strengthening the social fabric--and why settling is different from compromise and resignation. So, the next time you're faced with a thorny problem, just settle. It's no failure.
On Settling
Author: Robert E. Goodin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691148457
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The hidden value of settling In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, "settling" seems like giving up. But is it? On Settling defends the positive value of settling, explaining why this disdained practice is not only more realistic but more useful than an excessive ideal of striving. In fact, the book makes the case that we'd all be lost without settling--and that even to strive, one must first settle. We may admire strivers and love the ideal of striving, but who of us could get through a day without settling? Real people, confronted with a complex problem, simply make do, settling for some resolution that, while almost certainly not the best that one could find by devoting limitless time and attention to the problem, is nonetheless good enough. Robert Goodin explores the dynamics of this process. These involve taking as fixed, for now, things that we reserve the right to reopen later (nothing is fixed for good, although events might always overtake us). We settle on some things in order to concentrate better on others. At the same time we realize we may need to come back later and reconsider those decisions. From settling on and settling for, to settling down and settling in, On Settling explains why settling is useful for planning, creating trust, and strengthening the social fabric--and why settling is different from compromise and resignation. So, the next time you're faced with a thorny problem, just settle. It's no failure.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691148457
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The hidden value of settling In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, "settling" seems like giving up. But is it? On Settling defends the positive value of settling, explaining why this disdained practice is not only more realistic but more useful than an excessive ideal of striving. In fact, the book makes the case that we'd all be lost without settling--and that even to strive, one must first settle. We may admire strivers and love the ideal of striving, but who of us could get through a day without settling? Real people, confronted with a complex problem, simply make do, settling for some resolution that, while almost certainly not the best that one could find by devoting limitless time and attention to the problem, is nonetheless good enough. Robert Goodin explores the dynamics of this process. These involve taking as fixed, for now, things that we reserve the right to reopen later (nothing is fixed for good, although events might always overtake us). We settle on some things in order to concentrate better on others. At the same time we realize we may need to come back later and reconsider those decisions. From settling on and settling for, to settling down and settling in, On Settling explains why settling is useful for planning, creating trust, and strengthening the social fabric--and why settling is different from compromise and resignation. So, the next time you're faced with a thorny problem, just settle. It's no failure.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author: United States. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Settling the Office
Author: Paul Strangio
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522868738
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
The prime ministership is indisputably the most closely observed and keenly contested office in Australia. How did it grow to become the pivot of national political power? Settling the Office chronicles the development of the prime ministership from its rudimentary early days following Federation through to the powerful, institutionalised prime-ministerial leadership of the postwar era.
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522868738
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
The prime ministership is indisputably the most closely observed and keenly contested office in Australia. How did it grow to become the pivot of national political power? Settling the Office chronicles the development of the prime ministership from its rudimentary early days following Federation through to the powerful, institutionalised prime-ministerial leadership of the postwar era.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1662
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1662
Book Description
The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Scientific Canadian Mechanics' Magazine and Patent Office Record
Author: Canada. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 2278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 2278
Book Description
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Author: United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Patents
Languages : en
Pages : 1392
Book Description
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
Author: USA Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
Book Description
Settling the West
Author:
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Covers the period of westward expansion from 1860 to 1900 including the search for gold via the Oregon Trail, outlaws and lawmen, the Chisholm Trail, and a railroad that would span the country.
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Covers the period of westward expansion from 1860 to 1900 including the search for gold via the Oregon Trail, outlaws and lawmen, the Chisholm Trail, and a railroad that would span the country.
The Canadian Patent Office Record
Author: Canada. Patent Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 2106
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 2106
Book Description