Bill Crawford Quotes
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As long as we define stress as how some person or situation is making us feel, we will have to change the world around us to find peace of mind.
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Leaders should interact with everyone in their organization as if the interaction is being recorded and will be used as a training film on how to treat colleagues, coworkers, and customers.
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Stress is a signal that something needs to change. Suffering, is when we don't make the change!
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When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution.
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To influence others to change, you must be able to frame that change in terms of the future, and in a way that has value to all concerned.
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You can't cope with change anymore than you can manage stress.
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People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
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There are two ways to respond to the trials and tribulations of our present and past . . . 'Ain't it awful?' . . . or . . . 'Good information!' Our choice of responses will determine our experience of life.
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Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
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Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Making changes isn't about stopping the problem, it's about starting the solution.
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The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.
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When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
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The way to encourage people to be accountable is to engage the responsible, accountable, trustworthy part of their brain.
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When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What's important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are.
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Nothing is meaningless it's how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
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When stress and anxiety have your system stuck in a brainstem loop? Reboot. It's I.T. for life!
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A relationship is like life. It isn't a process of preservation, but of change and growth. Unless you grow and change together, you will change ... and grow apart.
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Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.
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The past exists not as a factual recounting of what happened, but as an experience that we are constantly recreating in our mind which means we CAN change the past!
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Nothing will sabotage our happiness and success more thoroughly than the fear that we are not enough.