When we prolong negative behavior - the kind that hurts the people we love or the kind that hurts us in some way - we are leading a changeless life in the most hazardous manner. We are willfully choosing to be miserable and making others miserable, too.
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Once you get a reputation for emotional volatility, it can take years of model behavior to change how others see you.
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I don't get paid if my clients don't get better by a certain time period. And sure, I have not been paid before. We all fail sometimes; it's okay.
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When we presume that we are better than people who need structure and guidance, we lack one of the most crucial ingredients for change: humility.
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The last thing I say on most phone calls is not, 'Goodbye,' but, 'Thank you.'
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If we become aware of what's happening before we act, behaviour becomes a function of choice rather than a result of an impulse or trigger. You begin to control your world more as opposed to the outside world controlling you.
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