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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

Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Happened Home Mind Peace
The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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Belief Validity Willingness
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
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
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
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
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
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
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
To truly be of service to others, we must first serve the server. The ability to bring an enlightened presence to those in need is the ability to light a candle without burning ourselves out.
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Burning Light Needs
Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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Having Mean Though Worth
How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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Giving Jerk People
Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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Inadequacy Loss Nothing Relationship
Mistakes are just ‘mis-takes,’ or an action that we took that missed.
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Actions MIssed Mistakes
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
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

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.

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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.

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