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> [We all need a story. It just turns out that the story we have been told for years - that people are naturally and primarily competitive and self-interested and that life is best shaped around that bleak fact - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mayo/we-all-need-a-story-it-just-turns-out-that-the-story-we-have-been/)

Ed Mayo

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## More by Ed Mayo

> [Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mayo/our-life-as-consumers-seems-light-years-away-from-that-of-our/)

Ed Mayo

> [It's not competition and greed that makes the world go around, it's cooperating and caring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mayo/it-s-not-competition-and-greed-that-makes-the-world-go-around-it-s/)

Ed Mayo

> [We all need a story. It just turns out that the story we have been told for years - that people are naturally and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mayo/we-all-need-a-story-it-just-turns-out-that-the-story-we-have-been/)

Ed Mayo

> [What keeps things going, what sustains families, what makes work meaningful, what contributes to our wellbeing and what really connects us to Nature is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mayo/what-keeps-things-going-what-sustains-families-what-makes-work/)

Ed Mayo

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