Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
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Anand Thakur
Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.
HENRY CLOUDThere’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
HENRY CLOUDIt is true that you get what you tolerate.
HENRY CLOUDBoundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
HENRY CLOUDIndependence is not an option for us. Remember, God existed without us.
HENRY CLOUDA leader’s responsibility is to cause a vision and mission to have tangible results in the real world.
HENRY CLOUDEverything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.
HENRY CLOUDIf your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you ‘do’ boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them part of how they see reality.
HENRY CLOUDEndings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
HENRY CLOUDLeave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children’s most primitive fears.
HENRY CLOUDWe change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
HENRY CLOUDIn the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
HENRY CLOUDBecause dating is a human exercise, it can be a tightrope fraught with danger. You will be dating imperfect people, and some of them are more imperfect than others. In addition, you are not perfect either, so that complicates the picture.
HENRY CLOUDDont use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and dont worry about it if you mess up one day. The most important thing you can do is just get back up on the horse.
HENRY CLOUDWe need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
HENRY CLOUDWhatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.
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