When someone leaves, it is about them. 

When someone stays, it is about them. 

The more we make it about us, the more painful it becomes. 

Worrying will never change the future. 

Regret will never change the past. 

Action and gratitude will always change the present. 

Whenever we connect and compare our growth, status, role, position, or impact to that of another we are limiting our potential and encouraging personal suffering.

Comparing ourselves to others eventually brings pain and unnecessary suffering. 

Eliminate the pain by focusing on what you can control. 

If it is valuable and beneficial, it will cost us. 

To create worthwhile relationships, we need to pay the price.

To create success, we need to pay the price.

Once we are willing to pay the price, the cost is no longer an obstacle. 

If you are looking for someone to be on your team you cannot go wrong with the traits of care and curiosity combined with the will to win. 

Bad performers want to be told they are good. 

Average performers want to be left alone. 

Good performers want to know how to improve. 

Great performers will do what it takes to improve, no matter the cost. 

When you look for the negative, the bad, and the ill intent – that is exactly what you will find! 

Yet, when it is good you seek, it is good you always uncover. 

Whatever we love, whomever we love, it is never an accident and it is always a deliberate choice. 

It is our decision, our agency, and our freedom to choose who and what we love. 

Love is not a force beyond our power, love is always a choice. 

There is no accidental falling in love or out of love. 

We choose to stay in or out of love. 

That is why those who understand the power of love always choose love.

Emotional control is not emotional suppression. 

Suppression is about feeling. Control is about action. 

Control your emotions, but do not suppress them. 

The more something gets examined, the less control it has, because we can understand it better. 

If we examine our weaknesses, we can make them strong. 

If we examine our insecurities, we can fortify ourselves. 

If we examine our fear, we can break free from their power. 

If we examine our motivations, we can let go of excuses. 

If we examine our results, we can change our behaviors.