We Must Never Be Too

We See The World, Not As It Is, But As We Are──or, As We Are Conditioned To See It.

In The Absence Of Wake-up Calls, Many Of Us Never Really Confront The Critical Issues Of Life.

If I Try To Use Human Influence Strategies And Tactics Of How To Get Other People To Do What I Want, To Work Better, To Be More Motivated, To Like Me And Each Other-while My Character Is Fundamentally Flawed, Marked By Duplicity And Insincerity-then, In The Long Run, I Cannot Be Successful. My Duplicity Will Breed Distrust, And Everything I Do-even Using So-called Good Human Relations Techniques-will Be Perceived As Manipulative.

During The First Few Minutes In Lift-off, The Astronauts Were Strictly Controlled And Were Powerfully Buffeted By The Forces Of Nature Struggling To Keep Them On Earth. This Is Somewhat Comparable To The Pull Of The Flesh When Our Alarm Goes Off Early In The Morning. Unless We Put "mind Over Mattress" And Carry Out The Resolves Made The Night Before, We Will Experience Our First Defeat That Day. Not Sufficient To Finish. Mission Aborted.

The Person Who Is Truly Effective Has The Humility And Reverence To Recognize His Own Perceptual Limitations And To Appreciate The Rich Resources Available Through Interaction With The Hearts And Minds Of Other Human Beings.