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.
BILL CRAWFORDTo influence others, we must know what is influencing them… and they must know that we get it.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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There are two ways to make someone important in our lives … we can either love them or hate them.
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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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Sometimes our ability to accept what we can’t change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.
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Sleep is simply a chemical change in our brain and body (melatonin) – It?s not a place we go, it is a state of being that we fall into.
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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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To spank or not to spank isn’t the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?
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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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Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What’s important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are.
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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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Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.
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The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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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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