We all know people who are humble and ones who could use a little humility. I run into both types daily in my job.
John Maxwell describes the difference here.
He ends his message with a quote from John Wooden:
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts”
“Clarity dissolves resistance”
- Found in the book Switch
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“Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.”
–John Wooden
Thanks Mark
“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.”
– Rachel Carson
Direct quote from my eight-year-old:
“I wish daddy was way older than you so he could make the rules”.
See, there are advantages to being the older spouse.
P.S. – The next sentence out of her mouth went like this: “You try to make people cry, don’t you?” My response: “Everyday”. She didn’t find that very funny. I did.
July 1 – the walk-up call that the year is half over. What happened to the first half of 2009? My 12 year-old daughter remarked recently that time seems to go by faster and faster each year. I just smiled and said “wait until you are 40.”
My youngest daughter, who is seven, is at a sleep-over tonight. And it just occurred to me that this is the first time she has spent the night with someone other than family. I can’t believe I didn’t think about it until now. Wow.
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. “
- Michael Althsuler
Don’t worry about people from your past. There is a reason they didn’t make it into your future.
