Some people achieve the top of the ladder and only then realise it was standing against the wrong wall.

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

We think we see the world as it is, when in fact we see the world as we are.

...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the foundation necessary for effective interdependence.

The great apparent dichotomy is that the more we give, the more we get.