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JinnKai, I've read and reread your post and I'm still stuck wonder why I should care what you think of depression. Sure, your manifesto is interesting, but I don't see where it as any real world application unless you're aggitating for a curtailing of compassion.
Personally, I think that #8 of your mantra is a far more common occurrence than you are giving credit for, but that's me. I also don't see how you can equate depression and failure. I am, by most definitions, financially successful in an industry where success and failure happen at astonishing speeds. Yesterday, I lost one of my largest accounts that accounted for roughly $100,000 in revenue, and I suppose that I spent most of yesterday fitting your definition of depressed, albeit for a very good reason. Does that mean that I am now a failure because I lost that one account. Well, the $50,000 new business revenue account that I booked an hour ago would argue differently even though the first account still sticks in my craw for a number of reasons, and I could still be considered depressed because of it. I've done nothing today (other than answer the phone to take orders) but bitch to my assistants about that lost account. So, am I now a failure even though I'm still up 15% over last year even with losing the big fish?
I'm sure you'll have a very different answer than I do.
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