Bill Crawford Quotes
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To influence others, we must know what is influencing them... and they must know that we get it.
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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.
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Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
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To spank or not to spank isn't the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?
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All connections are infused with dreams of what is possible in the future. Thus, when we lose something or someone important to us, we aren't just grieving the loss, we are grieving the shattered dream.
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Our success and happiness depends not on simply knowing where we stand, but in where we are wanting to go.
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Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.
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It's not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.
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Trusting fear, while fearing trust and happiness often creates a less than happy life.
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Love will keep us safe when we commit to choosing the kind of qualities, characteristics, and relationships that we would recommend to someone we love.
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One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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One key to successful relationships is learning to say "no" without guilt, so that you can say "yes" without resentment.
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Mistakes are just 'mis-takes,' or an action that we took that missed.
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Sometimes our ability to accept what we can't change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.
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The key to self-confidence is knowing that you would choose you... and why. In this way the chosen becomes the chooser, and love versus fear becomes the energy of choice.
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There are two ways to look at most problems... 'Oh Crap!' or, 'Good Information!,' and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.
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Freedom isn't about having permission to do whatever we want... it's about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.
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Just because we have a thought, doesn't mean it is a thought worth having.
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When the question is either/or, the answer is almost alwaysboth/and.
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Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.
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You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind... Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.
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The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.