Doing More Of What Doesn't Work Doesn't

If We Do Have Realistic Confidence In Our Mind And Value, If We Feel Secure Within Ourselves, We Tend To Experience The World As Open To Us And To Respond Appropriately To Challenges And Opportunities.

The Desire For Self-esteem Without Integrity Is Like The Desire For Wealth Without Effort-a Longing For The Unearned.

The Tragedy Of Too Many People Is That They Cannot Allow Happiness Just To Be There; They Cannot Leave It Alone. Their Sense Of Who They Are And Of What Their Destiny Is Cannot Accommodate Happiness. So They Are Drive To Find Ways To Sabotage It.

Suppose You Feel You Cannot Accept Some Fact About Yourself. Then Own Your Refusal To Accept. Own The Block. Embrace It Fully. And Watch It Begin To Disappear. The Principal Is This: Begin Where You Are-accept That. Then Change And Growth Become Possible.

For Children Mastery Entails Struggle. This Means They Must Be Permitted To Struggle. If Parents Inappropriately Step In To "help"-out Of Impatience Or Solicitude-they Sabotage Important Learning. Among Other Things, The Child Is Unlikely To Discover The Advantages Of Perseverance And Self-discipline.