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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.

Bill Crawford

To influence others, we must know what is influencing them… and they must know that we get it.
BILL CRAWFORD

Influence Knows Others People
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
Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Happened Home Mind Peace
To understand ourself, we must understand our “selves,” or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
BILL CRAWFORD

Behavior Decision Self
You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
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Responsibility Ties Want
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
Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
BILL CRAWFORD

Acceptance Precursor Serenity
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
BILL CRAWFORD

Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes
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
Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
BILL CRAWFORD

Creating Meaningful 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.
BILL CRAWFORD

Order Pain Painful Past Serve
We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
BILL CRAWFORD

Mistake Perception Reality
You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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Create Fighting Fire Happen
It’s not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.
BILL CRAWFORD

Determined Feels Simply
Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
BILL CRAWFORD

Determined Meaningless 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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