When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.

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Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.

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Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

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Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.

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To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

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Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

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The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

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Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.

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The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

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