We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

In order to have influence, you have to be influenced.

Perhaps a sense of possessing needs to come to come before a sense of genuine sharing.

When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation and stagnation.

How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.

Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

Writing is another powerful way to sharpen the mental saw. Keeping a journal of our thoughts, experiences, insights, and learnings promotes mental clarity, exactness, and context.