Quotes About Mindfulness

But I kept thinking about it. I really went inside myself and began to ask, 'Do I have the power to choose my response?

The same is true with parenting. If you want to raise responsible, self-disciplined children, you have to keep that end clearly in mind as you interact with your children on a daily basis. You can't behave toward them in ways that undermine their self-discipline or self-esteem.

Personal leadership is cultivating the wisdom to recognize our need for renewal and to ensure that each week provides activities that are genuinely re-creational in nature.

The fact that we know it—and that it doesn't get translated into the fabric of our daily lives—is the frustration of the gap between the compass and the clock. Our

But little by little, our communication deepened and we began to talk more and more about our internal worlds—about our upbringing, our scripting, our feelings and self-doubts. As we were deeply immersed in these communications, we also observed them and observed ourselves in them. We began to use that space between stimulus and response in some new and interesting ways which caused us to think about how we were programmed and how those programs shaped how we saw the world.

the first and most basic habit of a highly effective person in any environment, the habit of proactivity.

remember to keep working from the inside out and keep getting back on track when we blow it.

No one can hurt you without your consent.

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.

As humans, our tendency is to play the victim. And unless you're watchful, it will sneak up on you and you'll start blaming outside forces—parents, spouses, bosses, the weather, the government, circumstances, "the Man," whomever—for your problems. In reality, we are not victims. We're agents. We are the creative forces of our lives, and we are free to choose. But we have to be reminded of this all the time.

learned to focus on truly important things, not just urgent things.

The more we are able to draw upon our right brain capacity, the more fully we will be able to visualize, to synthesize, to transcend time and present circumstances, to project a holistic picture of what we want to do and to be in life.

Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose

quien no puede cambiar la trama misma de sus pensamientos nunca podrá cambiar la realidad, y por lo tanto no hará ningún progreso.

But he was dreaming. The way to endure a dream was to flow with it until it ended.

Best to take the moment present As a present for the moment

Stephen Covey dijo "Muchos de nosotros no escuchamos con la intención de entender, escuchamos con la intención de responder". Aprende a escuchar.

El truco consiste en disfrutar de la vida, y no hacer desaparecer tus días a la espera de otros mejores. MARJORIE PAY HINCKLEY, ESCRITORA

Deja que la refinación y la mejora de tu propia vida te mantenga tan ocupado que tengas poco tiempo para criticar a otros. H. JACKSON BROWN, JR., ESCRITOR

Recuerda, hoy es el mañana acerca del cual te preocupabas ayer. DALE CARNEGIE, ESCRITOR

Concentrate on one task at a time and devote your full attention to it. Trying to accomplish two things at once usually produced double mediocrity. Something well done was something done with dedication.

From now on, make it a personal commitment to notice everything that pushes your buttons. Make a note of everything that inspires you. That's your control panel. Those buttons operate your whole system of personal motivation.

Pretending you aren't going to die is detrimental to your enjoyment of life. It is detrimental in the same way that it would be detrimental for a basketball player to pretend there was no end to the game he was playing. That player would reduce his intensity, adopt a lazy playing style, and, of course, end up not having any fun at all. Without an end, there is no game. Without being conscious of death, you can't be fully aware of the gift of life.

Absolute focus is the key to all great human achievement. Its opposite, preoccupation, is the enemy of all achievement.