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 MCGINNIS“Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISWhen an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISOne reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISThose with a high level of confidence may have as many or more weaknesses than those with low self-esteem.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISTears are often a gift from God, and sadness is a healthy emotion.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISReview your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISBut leisure has little to do with one’s happiness.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISIf people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.
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 MCGINNISThe ultimate leaders develop followers who will surpass them.
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 MCGINNISThe difference is this; instead of dwelling on their handicaps, they compensate for them by dwelling on their strengths.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISLove, honor, and negotiate.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISIf we build more windows and fewer walls, we will have more friends.
ALAN LOY MCGINNISOur success at friendship, business, sports, love–indeed, at nearly every enterprise we attempt–is largely determined by our self-image.
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