Resume ~ Laurel Ley

“There’s no such thing as a business relationship. There are personal relationships which involve business.”

“We often get triggered while interacting with others. …. Without awareness, a trigger leads us into habitual reaction. From the moment of awareness, however, we can choose to intervene, to create an alternative to the habitual.” (Words That Work in Business, p. 14)

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”

“When making conversation, be sure to speak in a manner that the listener will understand.”

“Once you have access to key people in an organization, if you go into a meeting with enemy images of those people – then you are not going to connect.”

“When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.”

“To see, we must first open our eyes. To hear, we must first listen. To care, we must first feel.”

“Care more than others think wise. Risk more than others think safe. Dream more than others think practical. Expect more than others think possible.”

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

“Like a small boat … On the ocean
Sending big waves … Into motion
Like how a single word … Can make a heart open
I might only have one match … But I can make an explosion”

“You create what you think. What are you creating?”

“What is REAL? …. It’s a thing that happens to you. Once you are real you can’t become unreal again. It lasts for always.”

“Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can’t control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible.”