Sip on Ideas, Digest Infinite Possibilities
When we direct our attention in a new way, we are actually creating a new experience that can change both the activity and ultimately the structure of the brain itself.
We all know that the seeds of greatness grow faster in the hearts of those doing work they love than in the bitter hearts of those enslaved by work they despise.
The goal is not to improve one measurement in isolation. The goal is to reduce operational expense and reduce inventory while simultaneously increasing throughput.
The problem with this is it assumes that these 'hard knocks' stand on their own. Everything filters through a worldview.
The goal of creating learning milestones is not to make the decision easy; it is to make sure that there is relevant data in the room when it comes time to decide.
Validates someone else’s emotion, allows them to feel heard, allows you to create a sense of safety and understanding. Diffuses the power of the emotion over the conversation. “It seems like, it sounds like, or it looks like…”
Our commitments allow us to move to a higher level of freedom.
Emotionally immature parents avoid emotional work if they can. As a result, they may not deal with their children’s emotional or attention problems or difficulties at school, leaving the children to flounder on their own.
The Bible’s teaching on marriage does not merely reflect the perspective of any one culture or time. The teachings of Scripture challenge our contemporary Western culture’s narrative of individual freedom as the only way to be happy.
When faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.