正派人的话，明明知道了为了我好，内心感激却未必高兴；奸邪人的话，明明知道是在奉承我，但听着十分顺耳，所以未必生气。由此可知听取忠言是多么艰难。

Now some advantages particular to this age are not to be denied. Boredom seems to have been vanquished. There is always something to do, but hasn’t this translated into a perpetual distraction in our lives.

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.