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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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Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.
To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.
Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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.
You don't see the world as it is, you see it according to who you are.
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.
Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
