Doing More Of What Doesn't Work Doesn't

It Is Naive To Think That Self-assertiveness Is Easy. To Live Self-assertively--which Means To Live Authentically--is An Act Of High Courage. That Is Why So Many People Spend The Better Part Of Their Lives In Hiding--from Others And Also From Themselves.

Respect Starts With Ourselves.

If You Bring Five Percent More Awareness To Your Work Tomorrow, Or To Your Most Important Relationship, What Might You Do Differently? Are You Willing To Find Out?

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.

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.