“All changes have their melancholy”
― Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
― Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
“This is what I know about love. That it is tested every day, and what is not renewed is lost. One chooses either to care more or to care less. Once the choice is to care less, then there is no stopping the momentum of goodbye.”
― The Lost Garden
― The Lost Garden
“When people lie, they are juggling multiple narratives: what they know to be true, what they want to be true, what they are presenting as true, and all the emotions that go along with each—fear, anger, guilt, hope. All the while, they are trying to project a credible image of themselves, which suddenly becomes very, very difficult. Their beliefs and feelings are in conflict with themselves and each other.29 Managing all this conflict—conscious and unconscious, psychological and physiological—removes people from the moment.”
― Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
― Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
“Powerful people initiate speech more often, talk more overall, and make more eye contact while they’re speaking than powerless people do. When we feel powerful, we speak more slowly and take more time. We don’t rush. We’re not afraid to pause. We feel entitled to the time we’re using.”
― Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
― Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
Laureen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Laureen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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