Most of us tend to suffer from 'agenda anxiety', the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what we think they might want to say to us.
Nido R QubeinSome people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day - putting out fires that should not have gotten started in the first place.
Nido R QubeinTeaching people skills without giving them a vision for a better future - a vision based on common values - is only training.
Nido R QubeinTo acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire.
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