| Choice Theory from William Glasser.

Over a decade ago, I was browsing the bookstore and randomly picked up a book, Choice Theory. I opened it up somewhere in the middle of the book and read that page.
Every word resonated with my personal belief that happiness and success are directly related to creating authentic and loving relationships in our lives. And, that everything we do is a choice. Dr. Glasser provides profound insight into human behavior relating to this idea and how we can relate to others lovingly, change our behavior and choose to be happy.

| Lynn Nauth

The ten axioms of Choice Theory
1. The only person whose behavior we can control is our own.
2. All we can give another person is information.
3. All long-lasting psychological problems are relationship problems.
4. The problem relationship is always part of our present life.
5. What happened in the past has everything to do with what we are today, but we can only satisfy our basic needs right now and plan to continue satisfying them in the future.
6. We can only satisfy our needs by satisfying the pictures in our Quality World.
7. All we do is behave.
8. All behavior is Total Behavior and is made up of four components: acting, thinking, feeling and physiology.
9. All Total Behavior is chosen, but we only have direct control over the acting and thinking components. We can only control our feeling and physiology indirectly through how we choose to act and think.
10. All Total Behavior is designated by verbs and named by the part that is the most recognizable.

| Becoming A Person of Influence from John Maxwell.
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. Leading mentors move the people they are developing into growth and areas of strength. It means enlarging people, helping them navigate through life's problems, connecting with them on a deeper level, and empowering them to reach their potential.

| The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People from Stephen R Covey move us through the following stages:
1. Dependence: the paradigm under which we are born, relying upon others to take care of us.
2. Independence: the paradigm under which we can make our own decisions and take care of ourselves.
3. Interdependence: the paradigm under which we cooperate to achieve something that cannot be achieved independently.

* Habit 1: Be Proactive
* Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
* Habit 3: Put First Things First
* Habit 4: Think Win/Win
* Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
* Habit 6: Synergize