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Many people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity.
The culture of authenticity locates moral authority inside the ‘True Self,’ making feelings the arbiter of right and wrong. This shift empowers those long demeaned to claim dignity, but it also breeds emotivism, relativism, and moral inarticulacy. Linguistic evidence tracks the slide: community words (“share,” “common good”) and virtue terms (“character,” “virtue,” “bravery,” “gratitude,” “kindness”) decline across the twentieth century, while individualist and commercial vocabularies rise. When individuals are told to invent their own moral cosmology, most lack the formation to do so; asked to describe a moral dilemma, many cite non-moral inconveniences. The result is a public fluent in utility and careers, but tongue-tied about limits, ordered loves, and the long obedience that forms a trustworthy self.
Ensure that your investment portfolio includes a mix of high-grade bonds and a diversified list of leading common stocks to mitigate risk.
It’s much more fun to make $130,000 a year and be happy than make $470,000 a year and be miserable.
Identify areas in your life where you can make strong, unwavering commitments—whether it’s to a vocation, a relationship, a faith, or a community. These commitments will provide a sense of purpose and joy.
Level 5 leaders look out the window to apportion credit to factors outside themselves when things go well… they look in the mirror to apportion responsibility, never blaming bad luck when things go poorly.
Stress, conflict, and frustration are moments of rupture in your relationship with your child... It’s vital that we go through this process; unresolved conflicts can be toxic.
The first inner skill to be developed in the Inner Game is that of nonjudgmental awareness.
I don’t think you are a fit for this team. And I don’t think you really want to be here.
Identify your core commitments and be aware of them
When we are wrong, we may admit it to ourselves. And if we are handled gently and tactfully, we may admit it to others and even take pride in our frankness and broad-mindedness.
This demonstrates that your organization’s software delivery capability can in fact provide a competitive advantage to your business.
The author argues that modeling empathy rather than asserting authority or punitive power can lead to the development of genuinely cooperative and empathetic children. Children learn primarily through observation; hence, a parent's actions—rather than their disciplinary tactics—teach children how to treat others. Contrary to traditional beliefs that authority figures must dominate to assert control, modeling respect, understanding, and responsibility reveals that children are more likely to internalize these values. This approach requires a parental mindset change to focus more on guidance and connection, emphasizing positive behavioral modeling as an integral learning tool.
If you take their feelings seriously in their first few years, the baby will learn that if something feels bad, it will get better, especially if they can share how they feel with someone sympathetic.
No more patches in Task Unit Bruiser. The patches many of you have been wearing are unprofessional. I get that they are funny. But funny patches won’t help us build strong relationships with the conventional forces we will be serving alongside.
When morality opposes justice: conservatives have moral intuitions that liberals may not recognize.
True grit involves maintaining a singular, top-level goal over an extended period, with all mid-level and low-level goals aligning towards this primary objective. 'Grit is about holding the same top-level goal for a very long time.' This idea contrasts with having multiple, unaligned goals, which often leads to a lack of coherence and ultimately, unfulfilled aspirations.
If I (Bud) betray myself, my thoughts and feelings will begin to tell me that I’m justified in whatever I’m doing or failing to do.”
Whatever we visualize God to be, He is not, for we have constructed our image out of that which He has made … and what He has made is not God.
Encourage team members to start meetings with a gratitude check, where each person shares something they are thankful for. This sets a positive tone and builds emotional resilience.
