Begin With Praise And Honest Appreciation.

I Want You To Think Of Your Life As An Hourglass. You Know There Are Thousands Of Grains Of Sand In The Top Of The Hourglass; And They All Pass Slowly And Evenly Through The Narrow Neck In The Middle. Nothing You Or I Could Do Would Make More Than One Grain Of Sand Pass Through This Narrow Neck Without Impairing The Hourglass. You And I And Everyone Else Are Like This Hourglass.

Listen First. Give Your Opponents A Chance To Talk. Let Them Finish. Do Not Resist, Defend Or Debate. This Only Raises Barriers. Try To Build Bridges Of Understanding.

Remember That The People You Are Talking To Are A Hundred Times More Interested In Themselves And Their Wants And Problems Than They Are In You And Your Problems.

Our Trouble Is Not Ignorance, But Inaction.

Are You Bored With Life? Then Throw Yourself Into Some Work You Believe In With All Your Heart, Live For It, Die For It, And You Will Find Happiness That You Had Thought Could Never Be Yours.