Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
BILL CRAWFORDImages of resentment and revenge only have us spending the precious moments of our lives imagining the ‘other’ as both dangerous and important!
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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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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.
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When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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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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Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.
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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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Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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The difference between self-confidence and conceit is as simple as love and fear. Jesus was self-confident … Hitler was afraid.
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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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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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Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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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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One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.
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When we engage people positively, we create a receptive platform for the ideas and information we wish to communicate.
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