Cutting coupons from magazines
In terms of platitudes for Babbitts, General Eisenhower illustrated courage } the ability to get along with people and to face them fearlessly, skill in thinking on his feet, and salesmanship of himself. This is true, but it provides no tenable course of action for the inhibitory person. It consigns him to unfulfilled hope and to cutting out coupons from magazines.
(from Conditioned Reflex Therapy by Salter)
Hello,
In the previous paragraphy the author illustrated how Eienhower was a well-adjusted spontaneous excitatory person during a press conferrence answering questions of journalist(s).
Q1: what does cutting out coupons from magazines refer to? I guess it is a metaphor, but we don't have this here, at least I don't know and experience.
How is it associated with "inhibitory person"?
Q2: Does the words in red mean "the inhitory person" cannot take the performance like Eisenhower who is fearlessly, ... etc.?
Thanks!
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iclearwater Q1: what does cutting out coupons from magazines refer to? It's a specific example that stands for the general idea of doing things that are completely mundane, unremarkable, quietly and alone. iclearwater How is it associated with "inhibitory person"?
- iclearwater Q1: what does cutting out coupons from magazines refer to?
- It's a specific example that stands for the general idea of doing things that are completely mundane, unremarkable, quietly and alone.
- iclearwater How is it associated with "inhibitory person"?
- It is how inhibited people act.
- They are afraid to do almost anything.
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iclearwaterQ1: what does cutting out coupons from magazines refer to?
It's a specific example that stands for the general idea of doing things that are completely mundane, unremarkable, quietly and alone.
iclearwaterHow is it associated with "inhibitory person"?
It is how inhibited people act. They are afraid to d
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