Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We cansubordinate feelings to values.
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The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity. We simply won't be able to create and sustain the foundation necessary for effective interdependence.
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If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster
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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 precedes 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.
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While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.
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