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Actions speak louder than words. So true!
Actions speak louder than words. So true!
I've heard this language recently when speaking of customers. I've colluded with those who spoke those words - I've "piled on" their bandwagon. Red flags are now going up for me. I've gained an ...
Who wouldn't say this is true? "Others feel genuine respect and concern from me. They sense that my concern is to help them, not to prove something about myself." In order to help things go righ...
"If you feel you can judge the arrogant, it's a sign you are far from humbleness." (Toba Beta)
Often times, recognizing justification in ourselves can begin to free us from the trouble it creates. Self-Justification can be seen once we know what to look for: Are we blaming? Playing the victi...
When we betray ourselves and shift responsibility onto others by means of our accusing thoughts and feelings, we believe it is their mistreatment of us that leads us to accuse them. This is the sel...
So, if this were indeed my final hour, these would be my words to you. I would not claim to pass on any secret of life... or any wisdom except the passionate plea of caring... Try to feel, in your ...
You're welcome!
Encouragement The higher your expectations, the more likely your other person will fail you and cause you frustration. But if you are realistic enough to understand that your other person is huma...
In the horrifying calculus of self-deception, the greater the pain we inflict on others, the greater the need to justify it to maintain our feelings of decency and self-worth. [Carol Tavris, Mista...
Using ruthless self-honesty ask yourself this question today - "Do others feel free to talk to me about their challenges, realities, and ideas, including how I am a problem for them, knowing that I...
The way people communicate is always an outgrowth of their deepest attitude, or way of being, toward each other. When people are essentially self-concerned-when they are defensive, resistant, or in...
I believe that the first test of a great person is humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of one's own power. But really great people have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them, bu...
I wil continue this one at least for 5 days (2 days so far)! Small gifts to everyone I feel the need to improve my relationship with. Or simply to cheer somebody up at work. For me, it comes easy, ...
Faithfulness Okay - this is an unusual word to use in a business setting. But the question for today is, how faithful are you to this process of taking responsibility, being more collaborative an...
My view even of myself depends on which way I see others... How others seem to me is a revelation of myself. The self cannot be pried apart from how I see and feel about others. (Bonds That Make Us...
It is important to try to appreciate how engulfing, how completely blinding self-deception is. We don't set out deliberately to mistreat or provoke others - we see them *in the first place* as dese...
Thank you everybody for taking this on! We will of course, be patient with those who can't check-in everyday.