Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.
Interpretation
Listening attentively and without judgment is a valuable gift to others.
This quote emphasizes the importance of active listening in our interactions with others. By fully engaging in a conversation without letting our biases or distractions interfere, we show respect and support, fostering deeper connections and understanding.
In practice
During a team meeting, emphasize the importance of listening to each member's ideas.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the "someday I'll" philosophy.
Winners have the ability to step back from the canvas of their lives like an artist gaining perspective. They make their lives a work of art - an individual masterpiece.
Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.
You are an uncut gemstone of priceless value. Cut and polish your potential with knowledge, skills and service and you will be in great demand throughout your life.
Expect the best; convert problems into opportunities; be dissatisfied with the status quo; focus on where you want to go, instead of where you're coming from; and most importantly, decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.
A very long time ago, Grandmother had wanted to tell about all the things they did, but no one had bothered to ask. And now she had lost the urge.
When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.
No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the fact that, beyond your anguish, there are human hands that hold you and show you God's faithful love.
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