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We Are Free To Choose Our Actions, . . . But We Are Not Free To Choose The Consequences Of These Actions.

We Are Limited But We Can Push Back The Borders Of Our Limitations

Communication Is The Most Important Skill In Life. We Spend Most Of Our Waking Hours Communicating. But Consider This: You've Spent Years Learning How To Read And Write, Years Learning How To Speak. But What About Listening?

The 'inside-out' Approach To Personal And Interpersonal Effectiveness Means To Start First With Self; Even More Fundamentally, To Start With The Most Inside Part Of Self, With Your Paradigms, Your Character, And Your Motives. The Inside-out Approach Says That Private Victories Precede Public Victories, That Making And Keeping Promises To Ourselves Recedes Making And Keeping Promises To Others. It Says It Is Futile To Put Personality Ahead Of Character, To Try To Improve Relationships With Others Before Improving Ourselves.

Strategy Is Important, But Trust Is The Hidden Variable. On Paper You Can Have Clarity Around Your Objectives, But In A Low-trust Environment, Your Strategy Won't Be Executed.