Author: Anne

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YOUR MOST IMPORTANT DAYS

The two most important days in a person life are the day they are born and the day they find out why.

Quote by Mark Twain

REFLECTION:

  • Do you know why you are here?
  • Are you living your ‘why’? 
  • If you don’t know your why, what are you doing to explore, identify that purpose?
  • Look at what brings you joy and build from there.

POWER TO CHOOSE

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.

Quote by Viktor Frankl

REFLECTION:

Too often, we believe we are helpless victims.  Yet as Viktor Frankl points out, we do have the power to choose our response. Space (breath, pause, time out, count to 10, etc.) creates the opportunity for us to “respond” versus react. 

  • Recall a recent interaction.  Did you react?  Did you respond?  
  • Is there a conflict you are currently experiencing;  a situation you feel victimized?  Is there a different response you can consciously make?
  • What response can you make that offers you freedom and growth?

BIG PEOPLE… SMALL PEOPLE

Big people monopolize the LISTENING.

Small people monopolize the TALKING.

FROM:  THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG By David J. Schwartz, Ph.D.

REFLECTION:

  • How much talking do you do?
  • How much listening do you do?
  • How can you listen more and talk less?