Bill Crawford Quotes
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Trusting fear, while fearing trust and happiness often creates a less than happy life.
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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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You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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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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We can't always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
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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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The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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Making changes isn't about stopping the problem, it's about starting the solution.
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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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Mistakes are just 'mis-takes,' or an action that we took that missed.
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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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When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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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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When the question is either/or, the answer is almost alwaysboth/and.
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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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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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Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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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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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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Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn't there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?
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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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There are only three things we 'have to' do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!
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Just because we have a thought, doesn't mean it is a thought worth having.