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In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.

Henry Cloud

For someone’s character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.
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Character Children Criticism Freedom Growth Life Stop
Love can only exist where freedom and responsibility are operating.
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Existence Freedom Love Operation Responsibility
The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.
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Criticism Issues People Relationship Sound
You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do.
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Attempt Growth Yourself
Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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Issues Person Problem Relationship Soft
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
Everything 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.
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Greatness Metaphor Passion Recognition Season Time
Dont 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.
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Day Horse Important Mess Thinking
The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback.
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Anand Thakur
Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.
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Date People Place Practice
It is true that you get what you tolerate.
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Tolerate True Yourself
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
Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.
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Anand Thakur
Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.
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Date Discover Finding Yourself
A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals with it. Similarly, a group enforces its norms, either actively or passively.
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Active Culture Group Immunity Infection System
Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.
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Anand Thakur

In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.

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