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A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word ‘no.’ Love respects ‘no,’ control does not.

Henry Cloud

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
In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
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Anand Thakur
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 good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word ‘no.’ Love respects ‘no,’ control does not.
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Control Goodness Person Reaction Relationship Respond Test
The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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Adjust Fools Himself Truth
The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.
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Connection Finding Heart Human Known Seek Willing
Successful people stick to what they are good at and find ways to make that larger.
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Anand Thakur
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
Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children’s most primitive fears.
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Children Fear Leave Pride Reaction Yourself
Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
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Anand Thakur
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 Couple Destroy Fake Live Reality Relationship
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
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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Anand Thakur
Dating is primarily a numbers game. People usually go through a lot of people to find good relationships. That’s just the way it is.
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Date People Relationship Way
There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.
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Anand Thakur
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

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word ‘no.’ Love respects ‘no,’ control does not.

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