Jean-Paul Sartre

Principles are our summary of their public statements.

• Reject Institutionalization for Personal Integrity

  Brand

  A creator or thinker should avoid becoming an official institution or accepting honors that might compromise their independence and authentic voice.

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• Narrative creates meaning

  Content

  Events only become meaningful adventures when they are structured and retold as stories.

  Supporting quotes

  • “Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.”

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• Interdependent Freedom

  Integrity

  One's own freedom is inextricably linked to the freedom of others; to pursue liberty for oneself, one must also aim for the liberty of others.

  Supporting quotes

  • “Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is.”

  2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

• Recognize the Three Economic Mindsets

  Customers

  People act based on their wealth: the rich maintain order, the poor seek to destroy it for gain, and the middle class inconsistently try to do both.

  3 more supporting quotes are in the member records.

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• Own your circumstances

  Mindset

  An individual's value is defined not by what happens to them, but by the actions they take in response to those circumstances.

  Supporting quotes

  • “Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”

  2 more supporting quotes are in the member records.