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One of the worst things you can die with is potential.

Henry Cloud

There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
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Leadership is not taken, it is given. People give leadership to those that they trust. They allow people that they trust to have influence over their lives.
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We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
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Behavior Change Motivational Ourselves Pain
We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.
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Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.
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You will not grow without attempting to do things you are unable to do.
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Attempt Growth Yourself
People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari – like they’re trying to land the trophy.
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Award Date People Perspective Relationship
A culture is like an immune system. It operates through the laws of systems, just like a body. If a body has an infection, the immune system deals with it. Similarly, a group enforces its norms, either actively or passively.
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Active Culture Group Immunity Infection System
Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.
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Issues Person Problem Relationship Soft
If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
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Attitude Build Communication Culture Expectation Honesty Performance
The physicality of a real relationship – one that encompasses mind, body and soul – ultimately makes it more fulfilling and powerful than any virtual relationship ever could be.
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Fulfill Power Reality Relationship Virtual
The mature person meets the demands of life, while the immature person demands that life meet her demands.
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Demand Life Mature Person
One of the worst things you can die with is potential.
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Death Oneself Potential Worst
When leaders lead in ways that people’s brains can follow, good results follow as well.
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Brain Follow Leadership People Result Well
Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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Adjust Fools Himself Truth

One of the worst things you can die with is potential.

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