When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
BILL CRAWFORDSometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Change isn’t always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.
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How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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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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To influence others, we must know what is influencing them… and they must know that we get it.
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Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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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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There are only three things we ‘have to’ do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!
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Worry, shame, and fear can’t be the energy with which we deal with food and weight. It only spurs us to eat more food and produce more glucose/sugar which gets stored as fat.
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One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future.
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In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing 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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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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Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series ‘on purpose’ ?
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