Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.
BILL CRAWFORDWant to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
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The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.
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When dealing with problems, seek not to “change” some aspect of your life but instead, choose who you want to become as a path to what you want. Transformation and healing then take place as a process of becoming versus avoiding.
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Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series ‘on purpose’ ?
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The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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Images of resentment and revenge only have us spending the precious moments of our lives imagining the ‘other’ as both dangerous and important!
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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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One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long.
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Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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Children don’t know that they are lovable until they are loved. They need to see it in our eyes before they can accept it in their hearts.
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When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.
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The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life’s transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.
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Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
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People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
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Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.
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Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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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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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
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To find the true cause of how you think and feel, find the ‘sponsoring thought’ that created the interpretation that created your experience of life.
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When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.
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To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind… Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.
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A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.
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