That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.

The twin sister to autonomy and freedom is responsibility and accountability. You cannot have one with out the other. If someone is given an area of responsibility, not only must they be set free to do it, they must also be held accountable for what they do. Accountability clarifies freedom. In the teams and companies where you see boundary confusion, power struggles, control, over-reaching of one's line of responsibility, you will also see lapses in accountability as well.

Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.

Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step.

Being right can never compete with doing well.

You aren't alive if you aren't in need.

Things don't change in a marriage until the spouse who is taking responsibility for a problem that is not hers decides to say or do something about it.