Shawn Achor

What we've been finding is people are afraid of happiness. They're afraid of happiness because they think we'll stagnate or we'll be blind: that if I'm happy now, I won't keep fighting as hard. If I'm happy now, I won't push as hard to make a better world. That's what pleasure does. Joy does the exact opposite.

American Educator

Sharan Burrow

When working men and women have secure jobs with living wages and social protection, they can invest in the economy at levels which will increase demand and help overcome the twin challenges of ageing populations and economic stagnation.

Welsh Activist

Li Keqiang

There are many countries in the world that when they reached the middle-income stage, they witnessed serious structural problems such as growth stagnation, a widening wealth gap and increasing social unrest.

Chinese Politician

Rekha

I am real, my motto is not to allow myself to stagnate in any which way, be it emotional, mental, physical and practical, I feel I have conquered the deep recesses of my life.

Indian Actress

Guy Ryder

Workers' disillusionment is deepened by the knowledge that, as their average wages grow slowly or stagnate, the very wealthy are growing significantly wealthier.

British Scientist

Tan Cheng Bock

In life you cannot be captured by the past. If you're not prepared to change for the future, you will stagnate.

Singaporean Politician

Javed Jaffrey

It is important for the creative juices to find an outlet, otherwise they stagnate.

Indian Actor

Shaun Evans

Everything has to keep moving forward in 'Endeavour.' Otherwise, it will stagnate.

English Actor

Marc-Andre ter Stegen

The most important thing is not stagnating, to keep improving.

German Athlete

Samuel Richardson

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

English Novelist

Use 'stagnate' to describe a lack of progress in jobs or skills.

Career Context

'Stagnate' often implies dissatisfaction or a need for change.

Negative Connotation

In business contexts, 'stagnate' suggests a company is not thriving.

Business Usage

Used to express boredom or lack of excitement in social scenarios.

Social Events

Creativity or innovation can 'stagnate' if not nurtured.

Creative Processes

It can describe someone's emotional or mental state becoming inactive.

Emotional State

Used when environmental conditions show no improvement or movement.

Environmental Focus

Refer to 'stagnate' when discussing issues with blood flow or air quality.

Health Contexts

Often used to describe water that doesn't move, risking impurity.

Literal Stagnation

 that produces fruits forever. He got the words right. He got the words right. Continuous improvement. There's a counterexample, which should be instructive as well. So you and I are both of an age where we remember the first oil embargo and the energy crisis that caused with stagnation and inflation at the same time. Gerald Ford was president.

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 that are really capable of buying the products and services that are being produced. If you don't have that, then you run the risk of economic stagnation, or maybe even a declining economic spiral, as there simply aren't enough customers out there to buy the products and services being produced. It's really important to realize

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 went to jail a couple of times I said never again and now I might be a little bit older but I don't get in trouble do anything wrong I never was a thief or I just never was a really bad person I got back to being wrong supposed to be I'm not ashamed of it it is what it is but I've grown I don't stay stagnating and

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 It's applying for legal, banking and medical jobs, and getting some of them. Isn't it ironic that at the very moment we are building intelligent machines, perhaps the most important invention in human history, some people are arguing that innovation is stagnating? Like the first two industrial revolutions,

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 medical jobs and getting some of them isn't ironic that at the very moment we are building intelligent machines perhaps the most important invention in human history some people arguing that innovation is stagnating like the first two industrial revolutions the full implications of the new machine age are

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 So watch that. You see them both drop out of the middle class. Watch what happens to the women. Watch what happens to the men. The men sort of stagnate there, while the women zoom up in those high-skill jobs. So what's that about? It looks like women got some power boost on a video game,

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 In the early days of covid, a lot of us were struggling with fear, grief and isolation. But as the pandemic dragged on with no end in sight, our acute anguish gave way to chronic languish. We were all living in “Groundhog Day.” It felt like the whole world was stagnating.

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 They even arrived at answers, such as myths, that dominated their lives, yet bore almost no resemblance to the truth. The tragedy of that protracted stagnation

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 societies that experience extreme political polarization inevitably suffer economic stagnation without the politics of moderation neither Brazil nor

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 The mouth moves. We never stagnate. Life triumphs up and down. Kitra For most of us, our muscles begin to twitch and move