Avoiding experiences never works. What we are really avoiding is feelings, not the experience. When we gain awareness and control, we have the ability to choose how we feel about our experiences. Embrace the experience and choose the feeling. 

If we disengage from our experiences, no amount of positive thinking will help. 

We must stay engaged in order to feel, experience, and change. 

We give what we get. We get what we give. Not always right away, not in fair or just timelines, but in the end, it all comes around. In order to create more, be more. In order to get more, give more. 

Feeling part of something bigger, something else, something more … that is what drives empathy, connection, and community. That feeling is what prevents pure self-ambition from taking over and delivers true human collaboration. 

If you want others to succeed, show them how. 

Good stories are relevant examples with identifiable evidence. 

Too often, our distorted perception becomes our new reality. Even as the current situation and environment around us change, our views do not, our perspectives stay planted in the past. If we are willing to readjust our focus, eventually we can find the best way to see the world as it is today, so we can then create new actions that accurately maximize the talents on those on our teams. 

The ultimate medicine to overcome any fear, is trust. 

Faith is trust in truth. 

Courage is trust in action. 

Belief is trust in your heart. 

Connection is trust in the relationship. 

If you want something to grow, give it/them the space, resources, and tools. You cannot just tell a tree to grow, it has be in the right environment. It is the same with people, telling them what to do doesn’t work. 

If the relationship has purpose, then you can create true meaning.