Life From The Top Of The Mind

"Our 'emotional wake' is how we affect others after we have left the room. Let's make sure we are creating this effect on purpose." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"When you're not used to being confident, confidence feels like arrogance. When you're used to being passive, assertiveness feels like aggression. When you're not used to getting your needs met, prioritizing yourself feels selfish. Your comfort zone is not a good benchmark." ~ Dr. Vassilia Binensztok (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“A Life lived by choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived by chance is a life of unconscious reaction.” ~ Neale Walsch (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“Some people won’t change until it becomes too painful not to.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Never make the most important thing in your life something that is out of your control." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"What we aren't changing, we are choosing" ~ Laurie Buchanan (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” ~ Winston S. Churchill (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“In order to become more influential in our life and the lives of others, we must not only become clear about why we think and feel a certain way, but how to change those thoughts and emotions to ones that are more congruent with the life we want to create.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“People generally do not disengage from important discussions because they want to. They do so because there is no process in place to drive engagement and solution-focused conversations.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Our unsolicited advice often comes across as a lack of confidence in their judgment, knowledge, or ability to learn." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“Healthy optimism simply as the belief that the future will be better than the past, and that I have confidence in my ability to influence the process." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Action without knowledge can be destructive, but knowledge without action can be demoralizing." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“Until we learn to take care of ourselves the way we would take care of someone we love, we will forever be at the disadvantage of being taken care of by those who don’t know what we need or what makes us worthy.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"When we define difficult people and situations in terms of their effect on us (annoying, frustrating, irritating, and depressing) we give them the power to define us." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"The difference between perfectionism and healthy striving is the difference between improvement and approval. Healthy striving is an internal process designed to promote growth, while perfectionism is an external focus designed to obtain approval from others and is primarily fueled by the fear of not being enough.” ~ Adapted from Brené Brown (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Honesty isn't the best policy when it is driven by frustration, resentment, hurt, or anger because it is likely to trigger frustration, resentment, hurt, or anger in others." ~ Adapted from Brené Brown (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"We must be willing to be wrong in order to trust what we believe to be right." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built." ~ Carl Jung (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“Just as we are to avoid the four horsemen of the apocalypse, we should also avoid the four “P’s” of anxiety and depression… the need to please, perform, prove, and perfect.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Honesty isn't always just saying the truth, sometimes it's about facing the truth. A life of confusion can often be a form of self-delusion. . .What are we pretending not to know?" ~ Ken Frogley (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)