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                                             September 5, 2013


  Common in anime (and perhaps in
  Japanese culture, perhaps not), is            A_DREAM_OF_JAPAN
  the over-reaching, over-confident
  oath; a technique for psyching
  yourself up to achieve victory by
  insisting that you will succeed,
  even though realistically you
  wouldn't be so insistent if things
  were actually that certain.
                                                    MOVING_MOUNTAINS

      To my ear, these sound like
      overpromising, they sound
      foolish because you know        But then, I often
      they might not be able to       come off as wishy-
      deliver.                        washy, excessively
                                      tentative.
                                                          
      I understand the motivational      If not-- crime        
      purpose, but it seems to me        of all crimes--       
      you need to use such tricks        "negative".           
      sparringly; otherwise the                               
      next time you try it you may       
      find yourself remembering the      
      last six times and end-up          
      undermining rather than
      bolstering your confidence.








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