Humility helps the ego not become an overconsuming aspect of your mind. Humility is what helps you see beyond your own perspective, and it helps you see that you are not always right. Having the humility to admit there is room for improvement and to act on that with self-development is one of the most beautiful aspects of character that a human being can have.

It takes a lot of strength to remain malleable and adaptive. Especially when fear and old hurt want you to become hard and rigid, you intentionally choose softness because only through the strength of softness can you change your form. Seeing the ways you can grow and acting on them is necessary when you want to share quality years and decades with the one you love.

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The main thing all relationships need is balance. Both people should be giving and receiving. If one person is doing all the emotional heavy lifting, all the forgiving, all the problem-solving and leading, then things will start to turn sideways for the relationship.

You both should feel like equals in the relationship. Even though you both have different strengths and preferences, you should both feel that your power is helping design the culture of what love looks like in your home. You are both leaders in your relationship, even if that leadership looks different for each of you.


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Black and white thinking or having an all or nothing mentality will cut you off from the power and nuance of subtlety. Black and white thinking means your mind can only grasp one side of the story and it does not allow itself to see through the prism of multiple perspectives. If you are really looking for truth, it is more than likely that you will find it somewhere in the middle. Truth is subtle.

Black and white thinking is also a sign that you feel stress when you are faced with complexity. It serves us to build the habit of feeling calmness in the face of complexity because life is just never simple, there are many factors and perspectives to consider if you want to develop a more well-rounded view.

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I just wrote a new article.

Please read and share the feedback in the comments

Read it here: 🔗 At war with reality

When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.

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Steven Bartlett on doing things to prove yourself right:

“Everything you do - with or without an audience - provides evidence to you about who you are and what you're capable of.”

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Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

— M. Scott Peck

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If you wish to be loved, then love.

If you wish to be appreciated, then appreciate.

If you wish to be respected, then respect.

Give to others what you’re hoping to receive yourself. It can be anything—love, appreciation, respect, trust, a lifetime supply of burritos. Then let me know what you receive in return. It might surprise you.

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This book is a warning. A reminder that what we have is valuable, and sometimes we take what we value for granted.

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Your confidence should be based on what you are, not what you have.

Everything you have can be taken from you, and probably will be at some point.

What you are can never be taken from you.

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"The Ending Is Everything" Law 29

The end of the mission is the most crucial part.

Even if it seems victory is secure... don't let your guard down.

Entire books could be written on missons that were botched during the final steps.

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