Determining What’s Most Important
“Never make the most important thing in your life something that is out of your control.”
~ Bill Crawford
The Problem With Resisting Change
“What we aren’t changing, we are choosing.”
~ Laurie Buchanan
Dealing With Bad Drivers
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”
~ Winston S. Churchill
Tools For Cutting Through The Crap
“In order to become more influential in our life and the lives of others, we must not only become clear about why we think and feel a certain way, but how to change those thoughts and emotions to ones that are more congruent with the life we want to create.”
~ Bill Crawford
Why People Disengage
“People generally do not disengage from important discussions because they want to. They do so because there is no process in place to drive engagement and solution-focused conversations.”
~ Bill Crawford
Why People Reject Our Advice
“Our unsolicited advice often comes across as a lack of confidence in their judgment, knowledge, or ability to learn.”
~ Bill Crawford
Optimism – The Case For & Against
“Healthy optimism simply as the belief that the future will be better than the past, and that I have confidence in my ability to influence the process.”
~ Bill Crawford
What Happens When We Don’t Trust Our Judgement
“Action without knowledge can be destructive, but knowledge without action can be demoralizing.”
~ Bill Crawford
The Key to Self-Worth
“Until we learn to take care of ourselves the way we would take care of someone we love, we will forever be at the disadvantage of being taken care of by those who don’t know what we need or what makes us worthy.”
~ Bill Crawford