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Perspective is what allows us to step back and see the entire forest instead of just the same old tree we keep running into again and again.

Bill Crawford

Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series ‘on purpose’ ?
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Creating Mean Purpose
The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.
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Energy Giving Impact
Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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Change Starting Stopping
People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
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Miserable People Unhappy Want
Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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Mind Problem Ties
Our past is not, as some fear, a series of events carved in stone that we must carry around for the rest of our lives… but a kaleidoscope of experiences that, when viewed through different lenses, can ‘color’ (change) how we see our present and future.
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Color Events Past
The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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Doing Done Nothing Problem
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
Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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Affected Define Term
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
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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Blame Looks Mistakes
Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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Inadequacy Loss Nothing Relationship
To influence others, we must know what is influencing them… and they must know that we get it.
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Influence Knows Others People
How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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Giving Jerk People

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