THE DAILY SPARK

Arbitrary damaging labels have the power to turn the brightest people into meek shadows of their potential selves.Quote by Adam Alter  -Adam Alter is a marketing author who also teaches at New York University Stern School of Business.REFLECTION:What label have others put on you?  Do you like that label? Is it true?What label have you put on others?  Is it true?Is there a "label" you can create for yourself or another that can encourage yours or another's highest potential?What is the "new" label?

DEER meaning... Be gentle with yourself and others. If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.Quote by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowREFLECTION:Everyone has a backstory...be it a co-worker, boss, family member, friend or enemy. There is no excuse for bad behavior but staying calm, soft-hearted and gentle may be a better way to be. More often than not, the person snapping is in need of compassion and loving kindness even if it seems they are the least to deserve it.  Is it possible the person being unkind, disrespectful is really unhappy and suffering from low self-worth?Find out their back story...Try kindness.

Treat a man AS HE IS, and he will REMAIN as he is.  Treat a man as he COULD BE or SHOULD BE and he will become who he COULD BE OR SHOULD BE.Quote by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheREFLECTION:Who are the people who made a difference in your life?Did they believe in you - even when you doubted yourself?Do you believe the best in others?How can you bring out the best in someone today?