As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem

You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.

The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.

Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there," stop yourself. That thought is the problem.

Without trust, the best we can do is compromise.

During the first few minutes in lift-off, the astronauts were strictly controlled and were powerfully buffeted by the forces of nature struggling to keep them on earth. This is somewhat comparable to the pull of the flesh when our alarm goes off early in the morning. Unless we put "mind over mattress" and carry out the resolves made the night before, we will experience our first defeat that day. Not sufficient to finish. Mission aborted.

When you listen with empathy to another person, you give that person psychological air.