Quotes About Growth

Great results begin with great questions.

Are you willing to take responsibility for your mistakes — and for the attitudes and actions that led to them?' Then he said, 'Are you willing — however begrudgingly — to forgive yourself, and even laugh at yourself?' And finally, 'Will you look for value in your experiences, especially the most difficult ones?' Bottom line, 'Are you willing to learn from what happened and make changes accordingly?

When two people are in Judger, the one who wakes up first has an advantage. That person can choose to go Learner and turn the situation around for both of them.

Blame keeps us stuck in the past. Responsibility paves the path for a better future. Blame

One fateful day, expecting high praise from my advisor for some work I felt great about, I instead heard from him: "Marilee, this is just not acceptable." At that moment something new happened. Instead of tearfully wondering what was wrong with me, I took a deep breath, and becoming calm and curious, simply asked him "OK, how do I fix it?" That simple shift took me from feeling powerless to being confident enough to take constructive action.

I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. Albert Einstein

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor Frankl

Like everyone else, I believed the way to fix a problem was to look for the right answers. Instead, Joseph showed me that the best way to solve a problem is to first come up with better questions. The skills he taught me rescued my career and saved my marriage as well.

What got you here won't get you there. Marshall Goldsmith M

Like it or not, the world evolves, priorities change and so do you.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.

Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future.

It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.

Transformation is a journey without a final destination.

If we are to find our way across troubled waters, we are better served by the company of those who have built bridges, who have moved beyond despair and inertia.

It's not so sure that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear ... . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.

Nikdo nem?že ?lov?ka donutit, aby se zm?nil. Každý z nás st?eží bránu ke zm?nám, kterou lze otev?ít pouze zevnit?.

Clearly, once the student is no longer a student the possibilities of relationship are enlarged.

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.

Marriage changes everything.

I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me.

Sometimes you feel awkward being what you're best at, you feel like you have to be something new.

What doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar.

fear is the starter pistol to life's greatest moments