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Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.

Bill Crawford

Mistakes are just ‘mis-takes,’ or an action that we took that missed.
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Actions MIssed Mistakes
In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.
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Enlightening Reflection World
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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Lives Our Purpose Void
When a loving, meaningful experience is our goal, we must trust an energy that is congruent with that goal as our guide along the way. Bottom line, trust love over fear if love is what you’re after.
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Goal Love Meaningful
Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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Affected Define Term
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
Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.
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Determination Long Self
Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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Mind Problem Ties
Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.
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Giving People Want
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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Awareness Expectations Keys
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
How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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Giving Jerk People
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
There are two ways to make someone important in our lives … we can either love them or hate them.
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Hate Important Two
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
When we engage people positively, we create a receptive platform for the ideas and information we wish to communicate.
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Ideas People Wish

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