Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
BILL CRAWFORDAutonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.
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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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To influence others, we must know what is influencing them… and they must know that we get it.
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You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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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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The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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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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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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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
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Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
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One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
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It’s not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.
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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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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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If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
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When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 understand ourself, we must understand our “selves,” or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
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