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21 " We must sense and confront our blockages and biases if we are to be open and grow. "
― Joseph Deitch , Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life
22 " The Best Answers Come from the Best Questions. "
23 " Paradoxically, too much information can contribute to our becoming less aware, especially if that information is narrow and biased. "
24 " The key is to keep asking, keep probing, keep drilling down. If you activate your natural curiosity, every answer you get may generate new questions, and then new answers, followed by more questions, and so on, in an ever-rising ladder of understanding. "
25 " As we become more open and accepting of others and appreciative of what they have to offer, they open up more to us in return. "
26 " One rule of conduct that has served me well is this: I don’t make an important decision until my heart (intuition) and my head (intellect) are both in agreement. "
27 " Let go and let in. When we avoid prejudging our sources of information, we become more receptive to what they have to offer. If we come to listening with a blank slate, our environment can write on it what we need to hear. Similarly, if our mental and sensory channels are open, there’s more room to import energy and information. "
28 " Don’t make listening a chore. It doesn’t have to be hard work. Make it fun. Make it a game. Make it a treasure hunt. What could be more interesting than discovering new things and increasing our powers of perception? Listening is a never-ending journey along an ever-improving road. "
29 " Only when we recognize our shortcomings can we begin to remedy them. Only when we perceive our true strengths can we leverage their power. And only when we seek what we don’t know can we really start to learn. "
30 " If we are to truly evolve and grow, it’s not enough to read about concepts. We must also incorporate them into our lives. Unless they are applied, and unless their worth is verified and validated through personal experience, their influence will be minimal. To really be effective, learning also has to be experiential. "
31 " Awareness influences and enables all that we are and all that we strive for. "
32 " You simply can’t fit a gallon of desires into a quart container. And yet we continually try to do just that. What we need is a different approach. A bigger bottle would also help. "
33 " We need data and we need discernment. "
34 " We all like to think we’re open-minded and objective when it comes to evaluating situations and people. But are we? A huge body of research in physics, biochemistry, and psychology says we’re not. "
35 " There is no true bliss in ignorance. "
36 " Curiosity leads to clarity. "
37 " We don’t put up with having our computers hacked for the benefit of others, so why cede control of our minds and our very being to anyone else? "
38 " As long as we think we have it all figured out, we shut the door on further growth. "
39 " Rather than torture ourselves and others about our shortcomings, we can approach life with an attitude of curious delight. And the delight part is just as important as the curious. "
40 " That is the paradox of the human condition. If we humbly accept that our experience of reality is constrained, we immediately loosen the chains that bind us, and we begin to expand. "