You must be open and influenceable; then ironically, you will also discover an increase in your own power to influence
You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
You can buy a person's hand, but you can't buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is. You can buy his back, but you can't buy his brain. That's where his creativity is, his inge...
The more closely our maps or paradigms are aligned with these principles or natural laws, the more accurate and functional they will be
The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put...
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. HENRY DAVID THOREAU
For those filled with regret, perhaps the most needful exercise of proactivity is to realize that past mistakes are also out there in the Circle of Concern. We can’t recall them, we can’t undo them, w...
Animals do not possess this ability. We call it self-awareness or the ability to think about your very thought process.
Captain then called to the signalman, Signal that ship: We are on a collision course, advise you change
Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of effectiveness, happiness, and trust...
We are not our feelings. We are not our moods. We are not even our thoughts. The very fact that we can think about these things separates us from them and from the animal world. Self-awareness enables...
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
The way you spend your time is a result of the way you see your time and the way you really see your priorities.
The way we see things is the source of the way we think or the way we act
The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.
Suddenly I saw things differently, and because I saw differently, I thought differently, I felt differently, I behaved differently.
Effective people lead their lives and manage their relationships around principles; ineffective people attempt to manage their time around priorities and their tasks around goals. Think effectiveness...
When you live out of your memory, you focus on the past. When you live out of your imagination, you focus on the future.