American author, philosopher
For everything the other person isn’t doing, there’s something you’re not doing. Their omission conveniently distracts you from acknowledging yours. – Alan Robert Neal
No knee-jerk response should lead to long-term contemplation. – Alan Robert Neal
Beneath a control freak’s need to manipulate is a fear of not being able to survive uncontrolled outcomes. There are many problems with that premise: People do not want to be controlled; most situations cannot be controlled; you diminish yourself by believing you are fragile; and there’s a big difference between not liking and not surviving. – Alan Robert Neal
Those listening for what they want to hear are pacified. Those available for what they need to hear are improved. – Alan Robert Neal
If you’re disagreeing with a friend with whom you normally agree, and the topic relates to your issue, the odds are in favor of your friend being right. – Alan Robert Neal
You cannot be in the middle of your emotional muck and claim to understand why, because if you fully understood your muck, you wouldn’t be in it. – Alan Robert Neal
What we see as our detriments are usually our greatest assets. – Alan Robert Neal
Our destiny is determined by our response to feeling overwhelmed. Some hunker down and do whatever is necessary, while others shut down and incapacitate themselves. Sadly, after a certain age, hunkering is nearly impossible to learn. – Alan Robert Neal
Whether it’s poorly written software or poorly behaving people, just because it can be explained doesn’t make it okay. – Alan Robert Neal
Give up the notion that any single event or accomplishment leads to lifelong happiness. – Alan Robert Neal
People who make the biggest fuss about what, when and how you tell them something are the least likely to hear it anyhow. – Alan Robert Neal
We spend our lives being controlled by the perceptions, conclusions, and solutions of a five year-old. – Alan Robert Neal
I don’t know what it’s like to be on the receiving end of my own handshake, to look into my eyes, or to hear my voice. We can only know how we are perceived by asking others. – Alan Robert Neal
The insecure are as self-absorbed as the boastful. The former worry that everyone is watching them. The latter worry that everyone is not. – Alan Robert Neal
Our personal shame causes us to transpose treatment we deserve with treatment we do not. – Alan Robert Neal
In etymology, the origin of desperate is despair. In life, the origin of despair is desperation. – Alan Robert Neal
Scratching the itch is settling for an itch. – Alan Robert Neal
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