Bill Crawford Quotes - Page 3

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• Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series 'on purpose' ?

  Bill Crawford

  Mean, Creating, Purpose

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• Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.

  Bill Crawford

  Pain, Past, Order

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• One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future.

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  Past, Keys, Differences

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• People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.

  Bill Crawford

  People, Unhappy, Want

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• Making changes isn't about stopping the problem, it's about starting the solution.

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  Stopping, Problem, Making Changes

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• The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.

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  Mistake, Looks, Blame

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• To be influential in our conversations, we must first be aware of two things, (1) what do we want to bring to the conversation and (2) what do we want to bring out in others.

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  Two, Want, Firsts

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• Just because we have a thought, doesn't mean it is a thought worth having.

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  Mean

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• How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don't give your chain to jerks!

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  People, Giving, Jerk

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• The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you're right, you're still left feeling indignant.

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  Feelings, Problem, Righteous

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• Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.

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  Knowing, Sometimes, Knowing What To Do

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• Leaders should interact with everyone in their organization as if the interaction is being recorded and will be used as a training film on how to treat colleagues, coworkers, and customers.

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  Organization, Leader, Training

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• A relationship is like life. It isn't a process of preservation, but of change and growth. Unless you grow and change together, you will change ... and grow apart.

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  Growth, Together, Preservation

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• We can't always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!

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  Feels

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• The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.

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  Impact, Giving, Energy

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• There are two ways to make someone important in our lives ... we can either love them or hate them.

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  Hate, Two, Important

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• We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.

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  Mistake, Reality, Perception

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• Images of resentment and revenge only have us spending the precious moments of our lives imagining the 'other' as both dangerous and important!

  Bill Crawford

  Revenge, Important, Resentment

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• Diversity, or the state of being different, isn't the same as inclusion. One is a description of what is, while the other describes a style of interaction essential to effective teams and organizations.

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  Team, Organization, Diversity

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• True 'magic' is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one's experience. Maybe we could all use a little 'Harry Potter' in our lives.

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  Magic, Use, Potters

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• Peace of Mind? Don't leave home (or go home) without it.

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  Home, Mind, Peace Of Mind

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• Perspective is what allows us to step back and see the entire forest instead of just the same old tree we keep running into again and again.

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  Running, Perspective, Tree

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• There are two ways to respond to the trials and tribulations of our present and past . . . 'Ain't it awful?' . . . or . . . 'Good information!' Our choice of responses will determine our experience of life.

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  Past, Two, Choices

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• Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.

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  Issues, Important, Quality

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• Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.

  Bill Crawford

  Acceptance, Validation, Hardest

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