When the patient has emotionally worked through the history of her childhood and has thus regained her sense of being alive, the goal of therapy has been reached.

Don’t try to do too much yourself. Remember, it’s “we” not “I.” Stop the “Success Express” every now and then to enjoy the journey.

Every single person on your team got up this morning, looked in the mirror, and announced, 'Today, I intend to do everything I can to alienate my team, irritate my boss, and ensure that this company languishes or tanks!

Communication is without question the most important skill in life. There are basically four modes of communication: reading, writing, speaking and listening. And most people spend two-thirds to three-fourths of their waking hours doing those four things.

Any confusion of responsibility and ownership in our lives is a problem of boundaries.

Our technologies are racing ahead but many of our skills and organizations are lagging behind.

It is always better to ask questions than to make an assumption, because assumptions set us up for suffering.

Human beings are generally not capable of managing more than six to ten people, particularly when things go sideways and inevitable contingencies arise.

Our goal as healthy people is not to give up longing for a relationship but to let it be fulfilled moderately by others and following a model of mutuality rather than neediness.

I’m challengin g you to be picky about things that might matter in twenty years, such as extreme differences in values or goals or personality —or whether you love each other. But the differences you’re sounding off about seem like everyday discrepancies that are part of any real relationship.