Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

God has created the world in play.