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Quotes on Cultivating Change
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. (E.E. Cummings)
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living.
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. (Gail Sheehy)
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The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. If you want your child, spouse, client, or boss to shape up, stay connected while changing yourself rather than trying to fix them. (Edwin H. Friedman)
But what is clear about pain universally is this: To the extent that we are motivated to get on with life, we seem to be able to tolerate more pain; in other words, our threshold seems to increase. Conversely, to the extent that we are unmotivated to get out of our chair, our threshold seems to go down. (Edwin H. Friedman)
Quotes on Cultivating Learning
Change is the end result of all true learning. (Leo Buscaglia)
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. (Abigail Adams)
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The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live. (Mortimer Adler)
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The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.
(Brian Herbert)
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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. (Claude Bernard)
Quotes on Cultivating Rootedness
The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be. Only when your roots are deep can your fruits be abundant. (Henri Nouwen)
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
(J.R.R. Tolkien)
The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from Him. If we get rid of that thought, our troubles will be greatly reduced. We fail to believe that we are always with God and that He is part of every reality. The present moment, every object we see, our inmost nature are all rooted in Him. (Thomas Keating)
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. (Alice Walker)
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
(Simone Weil)
Quotes on Cultivating the Soul
The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in the development of the soul. (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. (Helen Keller)
To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side, I learn who I am and what God’s grace means. (Brennan Manning)
One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen. (John O'Donohue)
Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability— and that it may take a very long time. (Pierre de Chardin)
Quotes from our Clients:
Aerospace Company President:
Duane Grobman has an amazing ability to blend spiritual discipline and business. He continues to help me understand my unique giftedness and how to tailor my leadership style through those gifts. He provides tremendous insights both personally and professionally that have helped me to become a better leader and better man. Duane has become a coach and confidant as I walk through and navigate the journey of life.
Graduate School Dean and Clinical Psychologist
I was hired and placed in a leadership position in a field that was brand new for me. Duane Grobman was recruited as a leadership coach to help me with a Strategic Plan that I had been tasked to create. I quickly realized that Duane’s wise and skillful guidance was invaluable and essential to my ability to jump into this challenge and grow from it rather than drown! Duane’s capacity to listen deeply and articulate the core message, his gentle way of speaking truth without condemnation or judgment, his breadth of experience across many different professional fields combined to provide many leadership lessons and learnings that I will never forget! Duane is a powerful and humble leader who has added immense value to my life personally and professionally!
University President
Duane Grobman came to assist me and my executive team at a time when we were dealing with some difficult issues at the university. For me personally, it was exhausting both emotionally and spiritually. Fortunately, everything was resolved successfully, and I believe much of that successful resolution was due to Duane's unflagging support and encouragement, his timely and accurate advice for our spiritual health and mental focus, and his personal investment in our team's well-being.
As I came to know him better and to appreciate the breadth of his skills, I asked him to come and direct the entire administrative team of the university in a three-day retreat. The retreat was successful beyond my expectations, and every participant expressed his or her gratitude for his thoughtful leadership and encouragement. We all left the retreat feeling renewed and refocused.
For me personally, Duane has been both a mentor and a friend. His acute sensitivity to my spiritual needs and emotional well-being was amazingly insightful and encouraging. I felt myself sustained by his observations about my need to protect my health in my stressful position and by his profound prayers for me, my family and the university.
I am enormously grateful to Duane for being a part of my life through some challenging experiences in both my professional and personal life. I am deeply indebted to him.
