If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISIf you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISA true leader helps people focus on their potential, not on their limitations.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISElicited by a particular set of circumstances on a particular day, and we do well to wait a while before concluding that what we see is the whole person.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISWhen I get there I am not going to be asked, ‘Why weren’t you Moses? Why weren’t you David?’ I am only going to be asked, ‘Why weren’t you Zuscha? Why weren’t you fully you?'”
ALAN LOY MCGINNISAnd I discover that we rarely if ever see the totality of another in ordinary social intercourse.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISBut leisure has little to do with one’s happiness.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISWhen an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISOur success at friendship, business, sports, love–indeed, at nearly every enterprise we attempt–is largely determined by our self-image.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISTo the contrary, I’ve found that the happiest people have found some cause and they stride through life propelled by a commitment.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISI have the advantage of information about my patients that most people are not privy to.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISThose with a high level of confidence may have as many or more weaknesses than those with low self-esteem.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISPeople who have a confidence in their personal worth seem to be magnets for success and happiness.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISIf we build more windows and fewer walls, we will have more friends.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISYou will be surprised at how many good things you can observe in them and comment upon.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISThe Hasidic rabbi, Zuscha, was asked on his deathbed what he thought the kingdom of God would be like. He replied, “I don’t know. But one thing I do know.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISOne reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist.
ALAN LOY MCGINNIS