But if your work is your art, a personal reflection of who you are, the only person who can do that better than you, is a future you.
BILL CRAWFORDWe can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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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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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
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One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long.
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Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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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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When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.
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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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Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
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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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The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.
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Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn’t there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?
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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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Autonomy, 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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The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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