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One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.

Bill Crawford

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.
BILL CRAWFORD

Influential Order Views
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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Aspects Future Limits Past Responsibility
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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Aspect Mind People
Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
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Chance Choices Meaning
The difference between self-confidence and conceit is as simple as love and fear. Jesus was self-confident … Hitler was afraid.
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Confidence Jesus Self Simple
Diversity, or the state of being different, isn’t the same as inclusion. One is a description of what is, while the other describes a style of interaction essential to effective teams and organizations.
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Diversity Organization Team
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
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.
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Coal Fire Hot
The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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Blame Looks Mistakes
Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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Affected Define Term
The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.
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Feelings Problems Righteous
Freedom isn’t about having permission to do whatever we want… it’s about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.
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Our Lives Permission 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
Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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Important Issues Quality
One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.
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Guilt Keys Successful
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

One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.

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