Why Self Care Feels Selfish
“When you’re not used to being confident, confidence feels like arrogance. When you’re used to being passive, assertiveness feels like aggression. When you’re not used to getting your needs met, prioritizing yourself feels selfish. Your comfort zone is not a good benchmark.”
~ Dr. Vassilia Binensztok
Living by Choice Versus Chance
“A life lived by choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived by chance is a life of unconscious reaction.”
~ Neale Walsch
When Helping Doesn’t Help
“Some people won’t change until it becomes too painful not to.”
~ Bill Crawford
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