1. Many people see their victimhood as validation for their suffering

2. Embracing not fitting in at work or in social circles? Perhaps you don’t need to fit in; you are destined to stand out.

3- Sometimes the best lessons come from failure

4. Never try to change the things in your life that you do not have the power to change.

5. There will be times in your life when you cannot hear what a person says, but you will see everything they do and don’t do.

6. Never let anyone define who you are or your value.

7-Sometimes the happiest people you meet have been through the most difficult of times.

8-Irony: raising the kids you love and cannot live without so that they can live without you.

9-Our hearts and souls are shaped by great moments or great pains.

10-There is a difference between meaningless pain and meaningful sacrifice.

1-In corporate America, there is a difference between getting things done and getting things your way.

2-Prideful individuals hear nothing but praise.

3-You will meet many in life who parade their successes and conceal their failures.

4-Many times in life, you must be brought to a low in life because that is when you can rise again.

5-You cannot make changes in your life if you cannot change yourself.

6-The longer you believe you are a victim, the more you remain powerless.

7-You are not entitled to anything you have not worked for.

8. The only relationship you obsess over is the person who is never entirely available to you.

9-Leading your life trying to please others, you eventually abandon yourself.

10- Irony, over 40 million US citizens are suffering from food insecurity, yet cancer and heart diseases are the top killers of Americans from obesity.”

1- Your most significant challenge in the corporate world is maintaining your values and preventing yourself from being institutionalized and radicalized.

2. Life decisions are based on knowledge, wisdom, or ignorance; it’s your responsibility to determine which helps you most.

3. What you are not changing, you are choosing

4. Don’t be afraid to start over; you might love your new self better.

5. The darkness in your mind can only be removed with light from your heart.

6. Your comfort zone can also be your prison.

7. Few things in life are more gratifying than knowing you gave all you had to life.

8. Say little, accomplish much.

9. The road to success is paved with repeated failures.

10. It is so easy through life to become intoxicated by ego, power, and accomplishment. Yet the best success is the soberness of humility, inner peace, and personal growth.

1. Self-accountability is not hate; it’s the price you must pay to succeed.

2. Strive to reach a point when you cannot say or believe, “I can’t.”

3. Having authority and being an authority are two completely distinct qualities.

4. When you bring new ideas or thoughts to the work environment, be prepared for extreme criticism.

5. Many fear death; few truly experience life.

6. You can never heal if you remain in the environment that harmed you.

7. Few things in life are more disappointing than not reaching your full potential

8. Greatness comes from humble beginnings.

9. In your career, clear the path for others; eventually, you will control its direction.

10. In the corporate world, you will be criticized for what and how you say something and will be judged for what you don’t say.

1. The more you try to be what others want you to be, the less of your authentic self you become.

2. There will be people in your life who will always see you as the person in your past and cannot see you for the person you are today.

3. If you want to accomplish things that others have not, you must do a body of work that others will not.

4. In the corporate world, no one needs you until they NEED you.

5. I was very young when I accepted that no one cares about you as much as you believe in your job or life.

6. Ignoring people who disrespect you only makes you stronger.

7. Your thoughts shape your reality.

8-Do not let others’ chaos become your identity.

9-Many times in your personal life and the corporate world, silence in your most challenging times, can be the best cards that you haven’t played.

10-You learn nothing from success, yet you learn everything from repeated failures.

1- Some days, your smile will be from surviving the day that almost broke you.

2-Be motivated by the fear of being average.

3. Do not fear discomfort; do not fear failure; that is where all the lessons are.

4. People will come into your work environment with unresolved past emotional traumas, making your work life a living hell.

5. Fear of fear creates a life that is out of touch with reality.

6. There is a difference between knowing something and the wisdom from knowing something.

7. Life is not fair; it’s just full of events.

8. Sweat equity is the best foundation for your success.

9. Real wealth and value are not ostentatious; they’re silent.

10-Emotions get in the way of reality.

1. Not everyone who listens to you can understand your soul.

2. All of humanity will experience death; few of us will experience life.

3. Do not focus on what you think you are entitled to; focus on what you need to accomplish to earn your results.

4. No need to kill people with success; torture them with all your successes.

5. Some of the most intelligent individuals in the world can also be the most ignorant.

6. Those who come into your life and avoid their feelings will also avoid yours.

7. One of the most selfless experiences in life is having a child, because it forces you to put yourself aside.

8. The human condition can be so selfish until you are responsible for the life of another human being.

9. Behind anger there is always fear.

10. Silence is not weakness, nor is it surrender; when you speak, do not use words; speak with actions.

1. One of the most important discussions you will have throughout your life is with yourself.

2. All the struggles and emotional traumas you experience throughout your life should be embraced as opportunities for self-acceptance and inner peace; failing to accept these experiences only leads to a lifetime of tragedy.

3. You do not wear peace on your face; it rests in your heart.

4. Depression is the opposite of anger; we internalize our anger.

5. The reality of the corporate world was constructed to reward those who are silent and never ask why.

6. There will be individuals who come into your life and will not leave you while you are intact because they need to destroy you to clear their conscience.

7. How you interpret the world can be very different from how the world interprets you.

8. There will be many people who won’t look up to you; they’ll look past you.

9-Being a cardiologist and being responsible for another human being’s life reminds me not to be accountable just for my life, but for the lives of others.

10. Our greatest leaps in personal growth occur when our lives are turned upside down and in complete chaos.

1. The opposite of pride is shame.

2. In your life, if you go looking for pain, you will always find it.

3. There may be times when you must ask for forgiveness rather than permission.

4-A father over his lifetime learns to be loving, at times aggressive, and rarely needs to be violent.

5- So much of life is the pursuit of happiness; the most valuable asset in your life is to find peace and contentment.

6. Welcome stressful situations in your career; they reflect all the hard work you put into your craft, allowing you to be in the situation. It’s a privilege, not a right.

7. You may be special in your career when you are always followed. You have a target on your back, so it is your pursuit of excellence for you to be the hunter rather than the hunted.

8- You rarely meet people who say what they mean and do what they say.

9-Fear is an emotion that drives so much of our decision-making.

10. Your pains, struggles, and suffering all lead to your future enlightenment.

1-The corporate world has a bad habit of not accepting those who do not know how to keep quiet.

2. There will be people who enter your life who give you bad advice that sounds great or good advice that is not good for your particular values.

3-In the corporate world, the loudest voice in the room is rarely the wisest.

4. Not every voice that wants to help you is equipped to help you.

5. The cost of becoming who you are is letting go of who you were.

6. Being a father and a man is one of the most rewarding experiences of the human condition, despite being thankless and generally not appreciated by a large segment of society.

7. When you master openness to yourself and your vulnerability in the world, you will know your purpose in life.

8. Your best growth opportunities are when you embrace your vulnerabilities and accept being uncomfortable.

9. Many times in life, you need to get things wrong to eventually get things right.

10. There will be times when you have such clarity and clairvoyance that you will be awake in a world around you that is asleep.