If you train your mind to search for the positive things about other people.
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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“Focus on your potential instead of your limitations.
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A true leader helps people focus on their potential, not on their limitations.
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Those with a high level of confidence may have as many or more weaknesses than those with low self-esteem.
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If people know we expect good things from them, they will in most cases go to great lengths to live up to our expectations.
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One reason I can be more tolerant than most is that as a therapist.
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When an individual appears mean and lazy, we are only seeing one part of the person.
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There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being – to help someone to succeed.
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Elicited 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.
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When 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?'”
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Tears are often a gift from God, and sadness is a healthy emotion.
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The difference is this; instead of dwelling on their handicaps, they compensate for them by dwelling on their strengths.
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To the contrary, I’ve found that the happiest people have found some cause and they stride through life propelled by a commitment.
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You will be surprised at how many good things you can observe in them and comment upon.
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Love, honor, and negotiate.
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I have the advantage of information about my patients that most people are not privy to.
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