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The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.

Bill Crawford

There are two ways to look at most problems… ‘Oh Crap!’ or, ‘Good Information!,’ and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.
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Choices Giving Two
Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.
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Order Pain Painful Past Serve
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation
We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
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Choose Feels Ironically
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes
Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.
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Creating Missing Want
Leaders should interact with everyone in their organization as if the interaction is being recorded and will be used as a training film on how to treat colleagues, coworkers, and customers.
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Leader Organization Training
Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
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Determined Meaningless Past
A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.
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Action Forever Wise
If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
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Brain Mind Purpose
Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
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Creating Meaningful Past
You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
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Responsibility Ties Want
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.
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Influential Order Views
Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.
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Highest Important Purpose Sometimes
The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.
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Keys Teach Way

The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.

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