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“discover you’ve been in the box. Do keep trying. Don’t deny that you’ve been in the box when you have been. Do apologize; then just keep marching forward, trying to be more helpful to others in the future. Don’t focus on what others are doing wrong. Do focus on what you can do right to help. Don’t worry whether others are helping you. Do worry whether you are helping others.”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

“Living the material Don’t try to be perfect. Do try to be better. Don’t use the vocabulary—“the box,â€� and so on—with people who don’t already know it. Do use the principles in your own life. Don’t look for othersâ€� boxes. Do look for your own. Don’t accuse others of being in the box. Do try to stay out of the box yourself. Don’t give up on yourself when you”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.”
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“Men are motivated when they feel needed while women are motivated when they feel cherished.”
― Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
― Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

“Which brings us back to your question, Tom. In your prior job, when you were thinking that your old boss was a real jerk, were you trying to help him, or was this judgment of him really a way of just helping yourself?”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

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