Charles Harris
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Charles Harris
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
To live, we must die every instant. We must perish again and again in the storms that make life possible. Thich Nhat Hanh
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.
Corrie ten Boom
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth revolves.
THICH NHAT HANH
Some questions that I’ve found to be very effective in one-on-ones: If we could improve in any way, how would we do it? What’s the number-one problem with our organization? Why? What’s not fun about working here? Who is really kicking ass in the company? Whom do you admire? If you were me, what changes would you make? What don’t you like about the
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Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.
Rainer Maria Rilke
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I’m reading a wonderful book by the French Buddhist monk, Matthieu Ricard. He muses on the subject of happiness, and a book he later wrote on the subject: he captures it well: “My book was to be a work of interdisciplinary synthesis, taking into account the views of great thinkers of the past, in the West as in the East, as well as research on
... See moreThere will be a small group of “What” and “How” questions that you will find yourself using in nearly every situation. Here are a few of them: What are we trying to accomplish? How is that worthwhile? What’s the core issue here? How does that affect things? What’s the biggest challenge you face? How does this fit into what the objective is?