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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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"Pick your battle"
This always confuses me a little. Does it mean to "engage" in a battle, or in the literal sense of the word "pick", to "choose" a battle, or something else? Thank you.
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Anonymous "choose" a battle This one. The idea is that it is sometimes not worth it to argue over something insignificant. Choose not to waste your energy fighting over something that will probably turn out not to be worth fighting for.
- Anonymous "choose" a battle This one.
- The idea is that it is sometimes not worth it to argue over something insignificant.
- Choose not to waste your energy fighting over something that will probably turn out not to be worth fighting for.
- Save your energy for arguments about things that really matter.
- CJ
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Anonymous"choose" a battleThis one. The idea is that it is sometimes not worth it to argue over something insignificant. Choose not to waste your energy fighting over something that will probably turn out not to be worth fighting for. Save your energy for arguments about things that really matter.
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