To truly be of service to others, we must first serve the server. The ability to bring an enlightened presence to those in need is the ability to light a candle without burning ourselves out.
BILL CRAWFORDWhen people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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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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The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.
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Living exclusively in the land of the head or the heart will always be a limiting, limited experience. The most successful among us have dual citizenship.
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When stress and anxiety have your system stuck in a brainstem loop? Reboot. It’s I.T. for life!
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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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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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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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Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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There are two ways to look at most problems… ‘Oh Crap!’ or, ‘Good Information!,’ and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.
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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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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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There are two ways to make someone important in our lives … we can either love them or hate them.
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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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Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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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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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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One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long.
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Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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True ‘magic’ is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one’s experience. Maybe we could all use a little ‘Harry Potter’ in our lives.
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When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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There’s no such thing as a ‘stressful’ situation.
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Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.
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Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
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Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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