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To rescue people from the natural consequences of their behavior is to render them powerless.

Henry Cloud

Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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Existence Freedom Love Operation Responsibility
Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.
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Anand Thakur
Encourage literally came from “in courage.” The courage is put “into” you from outside. Our character and abilities grow through internalizing from others what we do not possess in ourselves.
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Character Courage Encouragement Growth Ourselves Possession
To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships.
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Destroy Greatness Performance Relationship Return
We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
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Better Creation Day Feeling Need
You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.
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Face Freedom Lose Order Right
We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
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Anand Thakur
Dating is primarily a numbers game. People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That’s just the way it is.
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Date People Relationship Way
If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
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Attitude Build Communication Culture Expectation Honesty Performance
When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well.
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Brain Follow Leadership People Result Well
Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
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Boundary Essential Structure Thrive
We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.
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Ourselves Talk Thinking
When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform, sends fuel to the brain.
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Brain Change Encourage Performance Yourself
Diligence is not easy, but we can’t reach our goals without it.
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Anand Thakur
If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do.
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Community Group Health People Surround Yourself
Christianity is not about morality. It’s about reality.
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Morals Reality Religious

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