1-People who ignore their feelings will also overlook yours.

2-Apologies have no meaning if you need to ask for one.

3-In the corporate world, decisions in the best interest of your client may be more important than decisions to please your boss.

4-Never expect truth from those who are never honest with themselves.

5-There will be people in your life that will never be able to understand you; it’s alright.

7-Not everyone in your life is meant to be in your life indefinitely.

8-In order to view the world from the highest mountains, you need to climb from the deepest of valleys.

9-It is your responsibility to define your value in the world, not others.

10-The person who cannot own their own mistakes will spend a lifetime blaming you for their mistakes

1-A good man faces conflict to create peace.

2-Your mission in life is to be a good man, even if it means being disliked.

3-Experiences will be uncomfortable before they feel comforting.

4–Irony; people who do not give gifts are always elated to receive gifts.

5-Long term, it costs far more to replace a reasonable person in your life than the cost of just treating them well in the first place.

6-Some people are not meant to be held close; they are intended to be released with compassion.

7-Honesty requires courage.

8-Growth in your character requires rising from the harshest experiences of life.

9-Your character is defined by your failures, not your successes.

10-Who are you when you fail? Do you retreat or rebuild.

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1-True respect only comes from one place: self-respect.

2-With personal growth and wisdom, you can freely choose a reality that suits you.

3- To learn who you are, embrace your darkest struggles.

4-Learn to find and live with ambiguity.

5-You are so loved when you have no boundaries; you will be hated once you set boundaries.

6-Your keen observation of life is a great strength, but few see your ability to stay quiet.

7-No one has power over you when you have struggled with what they are afraid of.

8-Effort without self-respect breeds insecurity.

9-A good man always does what is right, even if he may not be liked.

10-Your judgment should only be revealed after you know both sides.

1-Many apologies are not sincere.

2-Men do not follow titles; they follow courage.

3-In the corporate world, your truth is not always welcomed

4-In the corporate world, those who write the policies rarely follow them.

5-So few people care about you; so many care about what you do for them.

6-Tolerance in corporations: When the most insufferable leaders are tolerated as long as revenue goals are reached.

7-Sometimes in life, you need to lose yourself to eventually find yourself.

8-You cannot set yourself on fire to keep another individual warm.

9-Those who disagree with you may be indifferent, as they are perceiving you through a lens of oppression.

10-Walking away from someone toxic to you supports your self-respect and enhances your survival skills.

1-There is a difference between a performance of strength and exuding strength under pressure.

2-Most stay silent because of fear.

3- Surrendering to injustice is cowardly.

4- The cost of inaction in life is incredibly high.

5-Fear is not an acceptable master.

6-Always choose courage over comfort.

7-Society fears a man who has lost everything but his courage.

8-In most organizations, it is so much easier to endorse disorder than admit corruption.

9- The most significant strength is in being kind to people who have tried to destroy you.

10-Your true character is how you treat others who cannot do anything for you.

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1-You will drown trying to save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.

2-Staying busy does not always mean being productive.

3-Besides my family and my children, what is my most valuable asset? “Knowledge.”

4-Self-absorption destroys genuine connections and interpersonal relationships.

5-For many who dislike you, it is through the lens of preconceived biases, past traumas, and intolerance.

6-In the corporate world, discussions are never about who is right; it’s always about who is weak.

7-In the current climate of relationships with women in the 21st century, you are never “the guy”; you are the next man in line.

8-The only person responsible for your happiness is yourself; few can provide the happiness you seek.

9-Not everyone who has access to you deserves to be in your life.

10-Preserving your peace is not selfish; it’s your survival.

1-When you lead with sincere intentions, people with egos will become your enemy.

2- People need you until they no longer need you.

3-There will be people who come into your life that make it so easy to say goodbye

4-Most of us interpret the world through bias and ignorance.

5-Those people in your life who are constantly pulling you down, let them go so you can move up.

6-You learn the most about others when you do not give them what they want.

7-Some individuals will spend time in a physical prison; so many in society serve a life sentence in the prison in their minds.

8-Be aware of evil thoughts, but never let them define who you are.

9-We seldom rise to the occasion we frequently fall to our level of competence.

10-How to survive in the corporate world or not:

-Keep your mouth shut

-Listen but only give positive feedback “Blind Allegiance.”

-Always feed the egos of the most insecure individuals in the room.

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1-Purity only has a value that people can see only in hindsight.

2-You are a learned person when you can sit alone in your discomfort and are serene.

3-You can only have emotional intelligence by learning about yourself, and you can only learn about yourself by learning from the emotional intelligence of others.

4-Being empathic requires your ability to sit in your own emotional discomfort so that you can sit through the emotional pain of others and make them comfortable.

5-Most of our growth in life is carved from the chaos of past storms, not the comfort of denial, bliss, or tears.

6-Love is a gift, not a guarantee; many times, your absences can teach them what your presence could not.

7-Only what has value can be taken for granted.

8-The wrong people in your life drain you; the right people in your life fill you.

9-When others do not respect you, excuse yourself from their disrespect.

10-Real strength does not need validation.

1-Time and time again throughout your life, you will see and experience humanity at its best and also at its worst.

2. A father must show love to his children; when others disrespect them, he must also have the capacity to become violent.

3-In some circles, telling the truth may be a liability.

4-Healing from your emotional scars is a choice that only you can make.

5-How others show up for you will elate you or disappoint you.

6-Your strength is observation without judgment.

7-Never invest time explaining yourself to those who have biased themselves against who you really are

8-If no one dislikes you, you have no authenticity.

9-Lack of action can be far more potent than words.

10–Know the line where fantasy ends, and reality begins.

1-Treat me with respect, and I will treat you with respect; treat me without respect, and I will acknowledge you; however, I will not engage with you and certainly will not respect you.

2-How others view you should not always be defended like it’s your truth.

3-There will be times when you will need to dismiss people back to the dysfunction they hold on to so fiercely.

4-Many times in your life, the right thing and the hard thing can be the same.

5-Sometimes you can love someone at the wrong time.

6-Become the person you say you are.

7-If everyone likes you, you have accomplished nothing in life.

8-Not all your problems in life will have a pretty answer; find comfort and peace in the absence of answers.

9-Your happiness is not dependent on anyone but yourself.

10-There is a difference between needing someone in your life and choosing to have someone in your life.