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The mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.

Henry Cloud

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Whatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.

HENRY CLOUD

Whatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.
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Anand Thakur
Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.

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Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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Anand Thakur
We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.

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We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
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Day
There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.

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There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
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Anand Thakur
Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.

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Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.
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Metaphor Recognition Season
Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.

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Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as “Taking,” you are not getting it.
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The business of church is ultimately people. You’re trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of their time helping and growing other people, they ignore their own growth.

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The business of church is ultimately people. You’re trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of their time helping and growing other people, they ignore their own growth.
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Anand Thakur
Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.

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Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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Issues Soft
Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.

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Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.
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Anand Thakur
If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you ‘do’ boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them part of how they see reality.

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If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you ‘do’ boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them part of how they see reality.
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Boundary
When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well.

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When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well.
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Well
Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.

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Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen.
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Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.

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Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.
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Chance Fake
We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.

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We have our own thoughts, and if we want others to know them, we must tell them.
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In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school.

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In a very real way, ownership is the essence of leadership. When you are ridiculously in charge, then you own whatever happens in a company, school.
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Way
The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.

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The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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