Quotes from George Kohlrieser

The seven manifestations of broken bonding are psychosomatic illness, violence and aggression, addiction, depression, burnout, stress reaction, and organizational conflict.

The son knows about himself as a masculine figure through the eyes of the mother, not the eyes of the father.

There's only one chance in two billion that the elevator will get stuck," he would have focused on that one possibility. Remember, the brain is hardwired to search for danger and the negative in order to survive.

Contrary to popular myth, great teams are not characterized by an absence of conflict. On the contrary, in my experience, one of the most reliable indicators of a team that is continually learning is the visible conflict of ideas. In great teams conflict becomes productive."1

Most people are driven by fear or by avoidance of pain. Only a few are driven by the benefits.

The capacity to develop close and enduring relationships is one mark of a leader.

Self-reliant loners, who think they can do everything on their own, often make fatal mistakes and decisions.

It would be more accurate to say that we see with our brain rather than with our eyes. However, the more interesting point is that the brain does not always need to receive information through the eyes in order to "see." It can recall sights, sounds, and feelings from memory and run the whole sequence like a movie, all inside our head, in the mind's eye.

Always hire people bigger than yourself. If you hire people bigger than yourself, we will become a company of giants. If you hire people smaller than yourself, we will become a company of dwarves."14

forgiveness is actually for yourself: until you forgive, you carry the burden and the weight of the grief.

What would I have done if the elevator became stuck again? Simple—I would have maintained a sense of calm and focused on how darkness is his friend.

George's stories remind us that we are not victims of circumstance—we have the power to react. Our actions will always determine the outcome. That makes all the difference.

There's no point in being only the richest person in the graveyard. We must also enjoy ourselves along the way.

I was born in 1960. When you are eight or nine years old and you look at the TV set, men are landing on the moon, anything's possible. And that's something we should not lose sight of Ã¢â'¬Â¦ the inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.

The fact is that when we are filled with anxiety and fear, this affects both mental and physical functioning and reduces our capacity to reach our highest level of performance.