If you don’t treat the people who are leaving fairlythen those who stay back would never trust you again

Top-performing managers, by performance ratings and quota attainments, outperformed the average of each of the manager effectiveness questions

From the intimate give-and-take of the attachment bond children learn that other people have feelings and thoughts that are both similar to and different from theirs.

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both.A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

As adults we don’t need unconditional love, not even from our therapists. This is a childhood need, one that can never be fulfilled later in life, and we are playing with illusions if we have never mourned this lost opportunity.

To free ourselves from our neurotic ego is ultimately to accept the conditions of existence and to see ourselves not as victims or opponents of the givens of reality, but as adults who face up to them honestly.

Boundaryless living breeds chaos and emotional pain.

Really, the only long-term viable alternative is win-win. In fact, it is the essence of a beautiful family culture. Both win-lose and lose-win will ultimately result in lose-lose.

We had addressed and mitigated every risk that we could through planning. But every risk could not be controlled. This mission was inherently dangerous.

Overthinking severs our connection to the present moment, where truth and creativity reside.