We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.
Just as faith without works is dead, so also works without faith.
THE URGENCY ADDICTION Some of us get so used to the adrenaline rush of handling crises that we become dependent on it for a sense of excitement and energy. How does urgency feel? Stressful? Pressured?...
It is our willing permission, our consent to what happens to us, that hurts us far more than what happens to us in the first place.
In the words of both Peter Drucker and Warren Bennis, Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership det...
In the words of Gandhi, They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.
Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or...
What is most personal ,is most general.
They [Nazi captors]had more liberty, more options to choose from in their environment; but he [Viktor Frankl] had more freedom, more internal power to exercise his options.
Perhaps a sense of possessing needs to come to come before a sense of genuine sharing.
Listen twice as much as you speak.
It comes from within.
Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.
Responsibility—response-ability—the ability to choose your response.
Love is a verb. Reactive people make it a feeling. They’re driven by feelings.
When man created the mirror, he began to lose his soul. He became more concerned with his image than with his self.
We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's defini...
Start with the end in mind.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It’s not what they’re not doing or should be doing that’s the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what y...
It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.