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She tells Dorothy she had the power to return home all along. She didn't tell Dorothy because She wouldn't have believed me. She had to learn it for herself.
Man is the image of God, and his inner self is a kind of mirror in which God not only sees Himself but reveals Himself.
There’s more reliable information in a “meh” than a “Wow!” You can’t build a business on a lukewarm response.
Human life, under any circumstances, never ceases to have a meaning, and that this infinite meaning of life includes suffering and dying, privation and death.
This will be far too valuable to limit to sick people.
You need to have and project full confidence that you’re going to win the deal, but at the same time be unfazed when you do not.
Without the aggrandizement of self and the abasement of others, without hypocrisies and deceptions, without prisons, fortresses, executions, and murders, no power can come into existence or be maintained.
Use the BEGIN–RELATE–INTERVIEW–ECHO–FEEDBACK sequence to keep talks calm and effective. Begin peacefully to avoid defensiveness; briefly relate to show you get the feeling without centering yourself; interview for specifics (“He texts me every day after school”); echo to validate (“It sounds like he’s pretty needy right now”); then offer feedback as options, not orders. In family‑friend tangles, buy time by socializing adults only (“I’ll say I need a kid break”), set a dignity rule for shared events, and coach the child to replace ghosting with a clear, polite no; expect short‑term discomfort, but anticipate fewer flare‑ups and faster boundary learning.
As long as we are something, God cannot be everything, and His omnipotence cannot do its full work.
The conversation is the relationship. When effective, they truly give you a pulse on what needs to potentially start, stop, and continue. The insights are pure gold.
Everywhere, improvement was interpreted as almost synonymous to cost savings. People are concentrating on reducing operating expenses as if it’s the most important measurement. But the important thing is that we, in our plant, have switched to regard throughput as the most important measurement. Improvement for us is not so much to reduce costs but to increase throughput.
Obstacles, if handled properly, can leave us in better shape than if we had never encountered them at all. We can challenge ourselves to better ourselves through the obstacles. We can take our struggles, flip them around and use them as a chance to enhance a virtue or skillset.
The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.
The beauty of leadership is that there are no complete or perfect recipes. You cannot say: “Do these ten things and you will be a leader.
Being a company of one isn't about the size of your business but about the outlook you have.
The chapter illustrates how Nokia's shift after its mobile phone business highlighted the necessity of deliberative, candid dialogue involving diverse perspectives. Such open and fearless discussions were crucial in successfully redefining its strategic direction, countering the typical hesitation present in hierarchic organizations.
Your ability to enjoy your child may be the most important factor in his development.
You’re searching for the truth, not trying to be right. And you want to do it as quickly and cheaply as possible. Learning that your beliefs are wrong is frustrating, but it’s progress.
I studied lean manufacturing, a process that originated in Japan with the Toyota Production System. This line of thought evolved into the Lean Startup: the application of lean thinking to the process of innovation.
You must extend to others what you want to receive. It begins with you.
