Through real-life stories, Kristin Kaufman illustrates the core idea of being present in the moment and opening oneself up to new ideas in order to become an authentic leader in life.
All of us are interested in things outside of our stewardships, and we should be, but the most important way to do anything about them is to magnify our own stewardships. When you focus on your own re...
The biggest communication problem is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.
Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.
But until a person can say deeply and honestly, I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday, that person cannot say, I choose otherwise.
Strength lies in differences, not in similarities
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.
It's incredibly easy to get caught up in the thick of thin things.
Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make
Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).
The core of any family is what is changeless, what is going to be there──shared vision and values.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.
People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with correct princi...
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.
There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.
The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine...
But borrowing strength builds weakness.
My wife and I just don't have the same feelings for each other we used to have. I guess I just don't love her anymore and she doesn't love me. What can i do?The feeling isn't there anymore? I asked.Th...
We often get into ruts, on treadmills, caught up in patterns and habits that aren't useful. We don't stop to ask, what can I learn from this week that will keep next week from essentially being a repe...
Other parts of the personality approach were clearly manipulative, even deceptive, encouraging people to use techniques to get other people to like them, or to fake interest in the hobbies of others t...